Woman Arrested in Husband’s Stabbing
From Times Staff Reports
A woman was arrested on suspicion of stabbing her husband with a small kitchen knife Monday afternoon, police said.
Myrtis Franklin, 46, was involved in a domestic dispute with her husband, Patrick Baker, at their home in the 700 block of Paseo Camarillo when she stabbed him in the back, authorities said. The wound was not deep, they said. “We’re talking a quarter-inch here,” said Sheriff’s Capt. Stephen Wade.
Franklin was being held at Ventura County Jail on suspicion of spousal battery.
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