'Could only think of one way out': Husband killed wife during shoulder massage after woman he shared nudes with demanded $15,000, police say

A 76-year-old antheral successful Ohio is accused of killing his 64-year-old wife, fatally stabbing her successful the thorax with a room weapon due to the fact that helium was allegedly being blackmailed by a pistillate helium had met online with whom helium had exchanged nude photos.

James Stephen Hill was taken into custody implicit the play and is presently facing 1 number of aggravated premeditated execution successful the slaying of Mary Kathleen Hill, tribunal records show.

Authorities said that aft sidesplitting his wife, Hill tried to instrumentality his ain beingness by stabbing himself successful the chest, referring to the incidental arsenic a "domestic-related attempted murder-suicide."

According to a news release from the Upper Arlington Police Department, officers responded to a location successful the 1500 artifact of Fishinger Road pursuing a "reported 911 hang-up call" from the address. Upon arriving, archetypal responders located an big pistillate — aboriginal identified arsenic Mary Hill — suffering from an evident stab coiled to the chest. She was pronounced dormant astatine the scene.

Police recovered James Hill wrong the location suffering from terrible injuries aft helium allegedly tried to instrumentality his ain life. The Upper Arlington Fire Division transported him to a section infirmary wherever helium was admitted successful unchangeable condition.

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Court documents filed successful Franklin County Municipal Court allege that Hill "purposefully" attacked his woman wrong the couple's location with "prior calculation and design" to origin her death.

"After being incapable to find a firearm wrong his home, James Stephen Hill obtained a room knife, proceeded into the location bureau wherever Mary Kathleen Hill was moving and stabbed her erstwhile successful the halfway of her thorax portion lasting down her, causing her death," prosecutors wrote.

Police interviewed James Hill successful the hospital, wherever helium allegedly admitted to sidesplitting his wife, claiming helium was the unfortunate of a blackmail strategy being perpetrated by a pistillate helium met done an online dating site, Columbus CBS affiliate WBNS reported.

James Hill reportedly said astatine immoderate constituent during their interactions, helium and the expected pistillate exchanged nude photographs. That's erstwhile the idiosyncratic helium met online allegedly enactment a sextortion crippled into action.

On the greeting of Nov. 9, the idiosyncratic James Hill sent the nude photographs to sent him a connection demanding $15,000 successful Apple Pay cards. If James Hill didn't supply the funds, the idiosyncratic helium sent the photographs to said they would merchandise them publicly.

James Hill reportedly told constabulary that helium "could lone deliberation of 1 mode retired of the situation," which is erstwhile helium decided to termination himself and his wife.

He allegedly decided to usage a weapon due to the fact that helium could not retrieve wherever helium had hidden his guns respective years earlier, section ABC affiliate WSYX reported. James Hill past allegedly went into the bureau wherever his woman was sitting and began rubbing her shoulders.

Mary Hill told her hubby the massage felt good, which is erstwhile helium allegedly plunged the room weapon into her chest, apologized, and continued to clasp her successful his arms until she died.

The Columbus Dispatch reported that James Hill besides attempted to fatally stab his dog, but she was capable to tally away. He past deleted a bid of photographs and documents from his machine earlier stabbing himself successful the thorax and calling 911.

James Hill was expected to look successful tribunal for his arraignment connected Wednesday, but the proceedings were delayed due to the fact that helium was inactive being treated successful the hospital. He is presently being held successful the Franklin County Jail without bond, records show.