'She was excited to leave': Man stabbed wife 17 times because she wanted a 'separation' and then claimed she killed herself, authorities say

An Ohio antheral is down bars for killing his wife successful a relentless stabbing helium tried to walk disconnected arsenic suicide, Buckeye State instrumentality enforcement says.

Kyle Long, 35, stands accused of 1 number of murder successful transportation with the decease of 32-year-old Rachel Long, according to the Madison County Sheriff's Office.

The underlying incidental occurred successful October 2025 astatine a residence connected State Route 187 successful London, a tiny municipality located 25 miles southwest of Columbus.

On Oct. 23, 2025, deputies arrived astatine the couple's location successful effect to a reported suicide. The suspect had earlier told a dispatcher his woman had stabbed herself respective times wrong the residence, according to a 911 telephone obtained by Columbus-based CBS affiliate WBNS.

"My woman conscionable stabbed herself there's nary pulse, humor each implicit the place," the antheral says successful the audio recording.

Kyle Long would aboriginal archer constabulary helium was successful different country erstwhile the purported termination occurred, according to a transgression ailment obtained by Columbus-based ABC presumption WSYX.

The suspect told investigators helium was watching TV successful different country erstwhile his woman went into their bedroom, according to police. Then, the antheral said helium heard laughter followed by screams, according to the charging document. When helium went to the chamber to cheque connected her, Rachel Long was stabbing herself successful the look and neck, her hubby allegedly told police.

At the scene, the suspect besides allegedly said his woman was seeking a "separation from marriage," according to the complaint.

The accused husband's communicative would soon shift, authorities allege.

Detectives accidental the defendant's answers during an interrogation conflicted with his archetypal comments to constabulary connected the scene. The man's communicative besides allegedly did not align with different evidence.

An autopsy determined Rachel Long suffered galore "defensive-type wounds" connected some hands – and a sum full of 17 sharp-force injuries, according to instrumentality enforcement. Kyle Long, however, allegedly said helium lone saw his woman holding the weapon with her close hand.

Kyle Long besides called 911 erstwhile and hung up — calling again 4 minutes later, authorities allege. This bid of events is allegedly inconsistent with what the suspect primitively told investigators.

"Ever since we responded to the residence up there, investigated this arsenic suspicious from the beginning, Mr. Long was the lone idiosyncratic successful the residence," Madison County Sheriff John Swaney told WSYX. "We had to marque sure—all agencies involved—we got those reports back, and enactment each the grounds back, and that they each align."

There were besides different clues, authorities said.

Immediately anterior to the violence, the unfortunate was texting with a person astir what apparel to deterioration to a performance they planned connected attending together, according to the complaint. In those messages, Rachel Long did not look upset oregon suicidal, authorities say.

Investigators aboriginal spoke with that friend, who confirmed the victim's plans to permission her marriage.

One of Rachel Long's puerility friends is present speaking to assorted section media outlets astir the woman's beingness and untimely death.

The person told WSYX that sidesplitting herself "was not Rachel, this is not the mode she would person handled a concern successful her life, conscionable not her."

In comments to WBNS, the aforesaid person confirmed the victim, who had 2 children, had planned to permission her hubby and was optimistic astir the future.

"We knew that she was excited to leave," the person continued. "She was making caller relationships and friendships and looking guardant to a caller escapade arsenic a solo azygous mom."

On Wednesday, Kyle Long was arrested during a postulation halt aft the Madison County coroner changed the woman's mode of decease to "homicide," according to the sheriff's office.

The parent of 2 was beloved successful the assemblage arsenic the proprietor and relation of Pawfect Pups Grooming successful downtown London.

"I americium gonna miss experiencing her arsenic a parent due to the fact that we person children that are the aforesaid nonstop age, and a batch of the things I americium going through, she was going through," the slain woman's person added successful comments to WBNS. "A batch of radical got to firsthand acquisition her kindness, truthful it is bully to cognize she touched the assemblage successful truthful galore ways by caring for their animals and getting to cognize everybody."

On Friday, Kyle Long appeared successful tribunal for his arraignment wherever helium was assessed $1.5 cardinal bond. He is presently detained successful the Tri-County Regional Jail. The suspect maintains his innocence.

"It is simply a horribly tragic lawsuit successful which helium bears nary responsibility, lone sorrow," Sam Shamansky, Kyle Long's attorney, told WBNS.