An Indiana murder suspect told police he stabbed his girlfriend to death after he “attacked her with a knife” because he cut an onion the wrong way.
Charles Michael Calvert, 60, called 911 late Saturday from his home in Grabill and told him Marcia Lynskey was “no longer with us,” according to court documents.
“We were arguing, we both had knives, and she came at me,” he told dispatchers. A probable cause affidavit suggests he intended to “spend the night in jail.”
Lynskey was found lying face down in a pool of blood, with large cuts on his head and neck and defensive wounds on his hands, including a nearly severed right thumb, documents said.
After being handcuffed, Calvert said, “I was cutting onions. [Linksy] “He stated he did not do it right,” the affidavit says of the statement to police.
“The defendant stated that the victim pointed a pot at him and came at him with a knife,” the affidavit states, adding that Calvert “became defensive” to the officer. He said he did.
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Police saw “broken pots, bloody knives, and groceries strewn about,” but “no chopped onions were seen anywhere in the kitchen,” the affidavit states. There is.
Police officers who responded to the scene reported that the scene “appeared to be staged.”
It is also believed that Calvert had taken a shower before calling the police, and that there was “no sense of urgency” during the 911 call. ” he stated.
When I asked him how old he was, he answered, “Okay, but young.”
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There was no indication that Calvert tried to provide assistance to Lynskey, the documents said.
he was arrested on suspicion of murder Records show he was jailed without bail.
