'Hope I didn't wait too long': Man stabbed his wife while 2 toddlers were at home, then called 911 several hours later as she bled out in the bathtub, cops say

A 39-year-old Florida antheral allegedly stabbed his woman to decease portion their 2 young children were successful their location and past seemingly waited respective hours to telephone 911 arsenic she bled retired successful a bathtub.

Jesse Jones stands accused of first-degree execution successful the decease of Meaghan Bowler. The incidental happened astir 5:40 p.m. Thursday connected the 3700 artifact of 82nd Avenue Circle East successful Sarasota, according to the Manatee County Sheriff's Office.

"When the telephone came in, the antheral connected the different extremity of the enactment said: 'I person stabbed my wife,' and that's wherefore deputies were retired determination arsenic rapidly arsenic possible," sheriff's bureau spokesperson Rick Warren told local NBC affiliate WFLA.

A probable origin apprehension affidavit said Jones admitted to dispatchers that helium stabbed his woman during an argument. He allegedly said the stabbing occurred either the nighttime earlier oregon the adjacent morning, indicating helium waited respective hours earlier calling 911.

"I anticipation I didn't hold excessively long," helium allegedly said.

When officers arrived, Jones told them his woman was successful a second-floor bathroom, the affidavit said. They went upstairs and recovered the unconscious unfortunate suffering from stab wounds successful the bathtub. Paramedics recovered the unfortunate had a "light pulse" and spent 20 minutes trying to prevention her life. They past rushed Bowler to the infirmary wherever doctors pronounced her dead.

Jones made respective admissions connected country to sidesplitting his wife, including that helium stabbed his woman connected the archetypal level and moved her upstairs, per cops. There were besides 2 boys nether the property of 2 wrong the home. They were unharmed. Jones declined to talk with detectives aft they took him to the sheriff's office.

Neighbor Carol Fraser told WFLA however the events unfolded connected scene.

"It was horrific, they each came successful truthful rapidly and ran into the location with their bulletproof worldly on, truthful that was scary for everybody," she said.

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Fraser said the mates had moved successful with their children astir a twelvemonth ago. Warren told the outlet that deputies had not antecedently responded to the location for immoderate domestic violence-related calls.

"We conscionable anticipation that he'll unfastened up and archer america what led up to it," Warren said.

Jones remains down bars without bond. He has a probation usurpation proceeding acceptable for Friday and an arraignment scheduled connected May 22.