US Man, 85, Kills Wife Because He Didn't Want To Eat Pancakes She Made: Officials
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An autopsy report found that the 81-year-old woman was stabbed once in the back and the blade pierced her heart.
An 85-year-old man in the United States has been arrested for allegedly stabbing his wife, 81, to death after he didn't want to eat pancakes she made for him. According to a statement released by the US Attorney's Office for the District of Columbia, Steven Schwartz killed his wife Sharron Schwartz on December 10 with a kitchen knife. The 81-year-old was found inside her Washington DC home with stab injuries, while Mr Schwartz was also found inside the home with "self-inflicted injuries".
Mr Schwartz allegedly plunged the carving knife into the 81-year-old over his eating habits. According to ABC 7, he told investigators that following a recent stroke, his ability to move and diet had changed "extensively" and his wife was trying to give him food to help him regain weight.
On the morning of the stabbing, Mr Schwartz said that his wife was trying to feed him a pancake and that he told her he could not eat it. After he said he wouldn't eat the sweet breakfast item, Mr Schwartz told investigators that he heard a plate crashing against the wall, following which he grabbed the carving knife and threatened to cut himself with it. He reported that his next memory was seeing his wife lying on the ground.
