Tragedy in Bixby Knolls Area: Woman Is Stabbed To Death Near Her Back Door After Officers Alert Her To Suspicious Activity In Neighborhood

Update: Second suspect in custody

The gate to the neighbor's yard was locked, so the officers were unable to gain access to the yard. They contacted the resident at her front door and advised her of the neighbor's concerns. She told the officers a key was required to open the side gate and offered to get it for them. The resident closed her front door to prevent her dog from running out, while she went to get the key to the gate.

When she failed to return with the key, the officers started calling out for her, but received no response. As the officers were calling for the resident, a police officer that was stationed in the alley radioed he had arrested a suspect who just jumped over the back fence. When the suspect was arrested, officers found on him a knife and some jewelry. Officers, concerned for the resident’s well being, search her home and found the resident just outside of her back door, dead from an apparent stab wound.