An Indiana man stabbed his son in the heart after an argument over dirty dishes left in the sink, police said.
The suspect, Timothy Ray Lisby, 59, was originally charged with aggravated assault and is being held without bail, according to Marion County Jail records.
But a family friend who witnessed the brutal death of 31-year-old Christopher Allen Risby on June 14 told Fox 59 that the father should be charged with murder. Since the assault charges were filed, the case has been handed over to homicide detectives and the investigation continues, according to the outlet.
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Timothy Ray Risby, 59, is charged with aggravated assault for allegedly stabbing his son, Christopher Risby, 31, in the chest on June 14. (Indo-Pacific)
Jeremiah Green told the outlet that after an argument over a pile of dirty dishes, Lisby and her son wrestled to the floor inside their mobile home on Doggie Road in Indianapolis.
Then Brother Lisby attacked him with a knife.
“Tim had a spoon in his hand and he started stabbing Chris with it,” Green told the outlet. “Chris said, ‘Jeremiah, get the spoon out of your hand,’ and so I did.”
The father then grabbed another weapon, Green said.
“Tim ran into the kitchen, grabbed something shiny, something sharp and stabbed it as hard as he could into Chris’ chest,” Green said.
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Christopher Risby died following an alleged fight at a mobile home on Doggie Road. (Google Maps)
Green called 911, the outlet reported, and Indianapolis Police Department officers arrived on the scene, where they found Lisby in the living room with “a bleeding wound to the chest,” according to an affidavit into the incident obtained by Law & Crime.
Police said Christopher Risby was rushed to a nearby hospital where he underwent surgery for a lacerated heart and was in stable condition, but died from his injuries the following day.
Green called for help, and his father realised the seriousness of the situation and tried to administer first aid to his son.
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Timothy Risby has been charged with aggravated assault following the June 14 incident, but Indianapolis Police Homicide detectives have taken over the investigation. (Raymond Boyd/Getty Images)
“He was pressuring Chris, saying, ‘Please don’t die. Please don’t die,'” Green told Fox 59. “Since that day I’ve been crying and not sleeping.”
Green said he would testify against Lisby in court and do whatever it took to “bring him down.”
“Chris was my friend. I loved him to death,” Green said. “I’d never seen anyone bleed that badly. It was so painful. When they stabbed Chris in the heart, it felt like they stabbed my heart too.”
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“He killed the only friend I have in this world and he’s going to pay for what he did,” Green told Fox 59.
Lisby, who survived, is next scheduled to appear in court on June 21, according to online jail records.
