Man stabbed wife to death because he thought she was poisoning him with their cats' medication

A Wisconsin antheral who killed his wife and past barricaded himself wrong their location has been sentenced to decades down bars.

Chad Haworth, 56, pleaded blameworthy to second-degree intentional homicide successful transportation with the decease of his wife, 54-year-old Carmen Haworth. According to a criminal complaint obtained by section quality outlet Pierce County Journal, Carmen Haworth's assemblage was recovered by constabulary aft Chad Haworth staged an hourslong standoff astatine the couple's location successful Hudson, Wisconsin, connected March 6, 2025.

Police were dispatched that time for a payment cheque astatine 3:09 p.m. When they spoke to Chad Haworth connected the phone, helium was "crying and yelling," claiming that his wife's fellow had deleted recordings from his iPhone.

According to the complaint, which was besides obtained by Minnesota-based CBS affiliate WCCO, Chad Haworth had called constabulary earlier that day, astir 11 a.m., and told them that helium believed his wife was "possibly poisoning him with their cats' medicine." He claimed that helium had abruptly developed thyroid issues and was readying to spell to the doctor, but acknowledged that helium had nary evidence.

After constabulary arrived for the payment cheque that afternoon, Chad Haworth told officers that Carmen Haworth had laughed astatine him erstwhile helium confronted her astir her fellow gaining entree to his iPhone. He past told constabulary that his woman was "no longer with us, she's deceased."

Chad Haworth told constabulary that helium snapped aft his woman laughed astatine him, past chopped her cervix with "one of the finest cutting instruments known to mankind."

Police ordered him to enactment down immoderate knives, and helium started crying again portion threatening to harm himself, suggesting that helium would unit officers to sprout him. When constabulary heard the sounds of a firearm being engaged wrong — which they determined was a pump-action shotgun — they ordered Chad Haworth to driblet his weapon. He refused to fto officers wrong to cheque connected his wife, telling them she had been dormant for fractional an hour.

After Chad Haworth refused to let constabulary inside, the St. Croix County Emergency Response Unit deployed nonlethal teardrop state into the home. Chad Haworth came retired of his location astatine 6:20 p.m. and was arrested. Carmen Haworth was recovered deceased wrong with a weapon coiled to her neck.

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Chad Haworth was primitively charged with first-degree intentional homicide, felony mayhem and felony aggravated battery, each with modifiers for usage of a deadly weapon. He pleaded blameworthy connected July 22 to second-degree intentional homicide.

On Tuesday, Chad Haworth was sentenced to 32 years successful prison, to beryllium followed by 8 years of extended supervision.