SPOKANE, Wash. (AP) — Newly filed court documents say a Mead, Wash., man accused of killing his wife told their 11-year-old son he was stabbing the woman because she wanted a divorce.
Held on $2.5 million bail is 46-year-old Jeffrey Canino. He made a District Court appearance via video Monday. He was released from a hospital Saturday after treatment for what authorities say were self-inflicted knife wounds. He's been booked into Spokane County Jail for investigation of first-degree murder in the death of 43-year-old Michelle Canino.
According to court records, the woman was stabbed three times in the neck with a kitchen knife on Dec. 2 and her husband then told their son "it's my turn" and began stabbing himself.
Spokane County sheriff's detectives say the boy suffered knife wounds on his hands when he tried to intervene.
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Information from: The Spokesman-Review, http://www.spokesman.com
