A Florida woman has been charged with first-degree murder for allegedly stabbing her 62-year-old husband to death with a knife and a meat cleaver, police said. Joan Burke, who is 61, was reported to police on Feb. 11 by Ricardo Green, the victim’s 41-year-old stepson, the Palm Springs Police Department said in a statement, local news agency WPTV reported. She appeared before a judge on Feb. 20 in a video conference and was ordered to be held without bond. Green told authorities in a 911 call that he found his physically disabled stepfather, Melvin Weller, in the kitchen lying in a pool of blood after returning from work. According to a medical examiner’s report, the victim suffered about 140 stab wounds spread all over his body. He also had a skull fracture caused by a blow to the head with a meat cleaver. Officers arrived on the scene and found a couple …
Woman Charged With Murder After Allegedly Stabbing Husband 140 Times in Florida Home
February 22, 2022
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