An 8-year-old boy identified his mother to police as the person who killed his father in Oklahoma Saturday night, police said.
Amber McMurtrey, 34, of Del City, Okla., was arrested and charged
with first-degree murder, according to arrest records. The woman
initially told police her husband, Neil Vaughn, was stabbed outside the
home, The Oklahoman reported.
When officers arrived at the scene, Vaughn was found in the home’s
driveway with a stab wound. He was rushed to a nearby hospital where he
died.
Officers said McMurtrey had bloodshot eyes and smelled of alcohol
when they arrived at the scene. They also said they smelled marijuana
from the home. Officers asked McMurtrey to search inside the home after
they saw what appeared to be blood in the living room but she refused.
She was arrested and her son was put in the care of a caseworker, the
arrest affidavit stated.
After investigators received a warrant they discovered a blood track
from the bedroom to the driveway. They also discovered drug
paraphernalia inside the residence.
Investigators said witnesses told them Vaughn was running before he
fell down in the driveway. They also told investigators they have
witnessed McMurtrey assault her husband “multiple times while she was
intoxicated.”
When police interviewed the son he initially told them he saw a
masked person stab his father before fleeing. However, after his
grandmother told him “not to tell any stories” he told investigators his
mother stabbed his father and “hid the reindeer knife above the
toilet,” the arrest affidavit stated.
Police searched the home again and found the knife where the boy said it was.
McMurtrey is currently in custody in the Oklahoma County Jail.
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