A Minnesota man stated he “misplaced” his head when he allegedly stabbed his spouse of greater than six many years to dying with a kitchen knife — leaving her “oozing” blood from her stomach.
Rodney Andersen, 85, was arrested and charged Thursday within the brutal assault in opposition to his spouse, Janet Louise Andersen, 83, of their Annandale residence.
Police discovered the girl mendacity on her again within the kitchen, “closely bleeding” and “oozing” blood from a number of stab wounds to her stomach, court docket paperwork present.
“I suppose I misplaced my head,” Andersen advised Annandale police who responded to the bloody scene.
Andersen stated he and his spouse of 66 years had a “large argument” early Thursday morning and admitted to cops that he stabbed her however was undecided if she was nonetheless alive.
The husband had known as the authorities at 9:54 a.m. and waited exterior his entrance door for them to reach, in keeping with the court docket docs.
Responding officers noticed Andersen on the steps of his Knollwood Road West residence shaking together with his palms on his head. They then found a bloody knife within the kitchen sink.
Andersen advised police that the pair, who had been married since 1958, “constantly argue” and that he “guessed” he grabbed the weapon from the butcher block within the kitchen simply earlier than stabbing her.
He confessed to stabbing his spouse at the very least as soon as within the “center” someplace, in keeping with the criticism, however didn’t know what sort of power he used.
His spouse’s physique was nonetheless heat when paramedics arrived however was pronounced useless on the scene.
Andersen was charged with second-degree homicide and faces as much as 40 years in jail if convicted, court docket doc present. He’s at present being held on $1 million bail at Wright County Jail.
His subsequent court docket date is Thursday.
