Man Accused of Stabbing Wife to Death Because He Didn’t Want to Eat Pancakes She’d Made: Prosecutors
Sharon Schwartz died after being rushed to the hospital
An 85-year-old man has been charged after allegedly fatally stabbing his wife over pancakes.
An 85-year old man was arrested in Washington D.C., on accusations he fatally stabbed his wife because he “did not want to eat the pancakes she made,” according to a statement released by the U.S.
Attorney’s Office for the District of Columbia[1] on Thursday. Per an earlier statement released by the D.C.
Metropolitan Police Department’s Homicide Branch[2] on Monday, police responded to a call reporting a stabbing at 3:40 p.m. on Sunday and found 81-year-old Sharon Schwartz inside her Northwest, D.C. home with stab injuries. Steven Schwartz was also found inside the home with “self-inflicted injuries,” police allege. Both Sharon and Steven were rushed to the hospital, where Sharon died.
Upon an investigation of the scene, Steven was charged with second-degree murder while armed. Want to keep up with the latest crime coverage? Sign up for PEOPLE’s [3] for breaking crime news, ongoing trial coverage and details of intriguing unsolved cases.free True Crime newsletter[4]
Per CBS News,[5] Steven appeared before a judge via video on Thursday and pleaded not guilty to the charges. The judge found probable cause and Steven is being held without bond. His next hearing is Jan.
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