ST. LOUIS — A woman has been arrested and charged with murder in the fatal stabbing of a man Thursday morning inside a St. Louis home.
St. Louis prosecutors issued charges against 30-year-old Tina Jackson for felony first-degree murder and armed criminal action.
St. Louis police launched the homicide investigation after a man was found stabbed to death Thursday morning. His identity has not been released yet.
According to the St. Louis Metropolitan Police Department, officers received a call just before 10:40 a.m. Thursday about a "cutting" at a home in the 4500 block of Cleveland Avenue, located just blocks from the Missouri Botanical Garden.
At the scene, officers found a man inside the home suffering from puncture wounds. He was pronounced dead at the scene.
According to a probable cause statement from St. Louis police, Jackson and the victim were romantic partners living together with the children they each shared at the home. The two got into a fight that day and she stabbed the victim in his lower-right-back and upper-right arm. The circumstances that led up to the fight remained unclear.
Responding officers later found a knife in a drawer with dried blood on it that appeared to have been partially cleaned.
Homicide detectives later questioned Jackson and she admitted that she stabbed the man. He was bound to a wheelchair over a prior leg injury at the time of the incident.
Detectives also found out during their investigation that Jackson tried to slash the victim's car tires with a knife in 2021.
According to 5 On Your Side data, the stabbing marks the city's 54th homicide so far this year.
Resources for crime victims
If you have been a victim of a crime or know someone who has been, 5 On Your Side has compiled a list of resources.
The Crime Victim Center of St. Louis has multiple programs to support victims of crime. Crime Victim Center’s programs range from direct services to crime victims as well as “creating awareness and change within the systems they encounter.”
Life Outside of Violence "helps those harmed by stabbing, gunshot or assault receive the treatment, support and resources they need to find alternatives to end the cycle of violence."
The Urban League of Metropolitan St. Louis has the Neighborhood Healing Network, which serves people who have experienced crime, violence or been the victim of an incident that caused trauma.
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