‘Should have never cheated’: Man killed mother of his children while she was on phone with her sister screaming ‘he has a knife!’ — then he picked up the line, cops say

A Minnesota woman’s chilling last words — “He has a knife! Call 911! Call 911!” — were captured successful a frantic telephone telephone to her sister earlier her hubby stabbed her 9 times successful the head, cervix and chest, according to police.

Jason Philip Filas, 48, has been charged with second-degree intentional murder for sidesplitting the parent of his children, Danielle Warren, 32, connected May 7, according to a press release from the Dakota County Attorney’s Office. A criminal complaint details however Filas allegedly slaughtered Warren wrong a Burnsville residence portion she was attempting to telephone her sister for help, the ailment says.

When the sister tried calling backmost aft the telephone disconnected, Filas allegedly answered and told her, “She should person ne'er cheated connected me. You amended telephone 911,” earlier hanging up.

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Officers were called to the location by the sister astatine astir 9:35 a.m., with constabulary reporting that they are “familiar with the address” owed to caller calls reporting home violence.

“Upon arrival, officers noticed humor connected the beforehand doorway handle,” the ailment says. “An serviceman went to the backmost of the location and was capable to spot the Victim adjacent a sofa successful the location done a window. She appeared to beryllium unresponsive and determination was a ample magnitude of humor visible.”

Officers forced their mode into the residence and saw that the unfortunate was sitting upright against the couch, with what appeared to beryllium aggregate “stab and slashing wounds” to her face, cervix and precocious torso, according to police.

“The humor connected the unfortunate was inactive bedewed successful appearance, and determination was a 12-inch room weapon with humor connected it successful the hallway betwixt the room and surviving room,” the ailment says. “The unfortunate was declared deceased astatine the scene. Two of the Victim’s children, ages 5 and 9 months, were contiguous successful the home. Defendant was not contiguous erstwhile officers arrived.”

Before her death, Warren called her sister and alleged that Filas was attacking her and “freaking out.” Warren pretended to beryllium connected the telephone with constabulary to effort and scare Filas into leaving, per the complaint. She was talking to the sister astir coming to her location erstwhile Filas allegedly acceptable upon Warren with the knife.

“The Victim abruptly started screaming, ‘He has a knife! Call 911! Call 911!'” the ailment alleges. “The Victim continued to shriek for [the sister] to hurry, the telephone disconnected, and [the sister] called 911.”

Warren’s sister told constabulary that the couple’s narration was “deteriorating successful caller months” and Filas had been “angry” with Warren and had followed her to a store due to the fact that helium “believed she was cheating connected him,” the ailment says.

Police had antecedently responded to a telephone of a home battle involving Filas and Warren connected March 13, with a 3rd enactment who was connected the telephone with Warren claiming she heard Filas hurting the Minnesota mother. The attorney’s bureau reports that Filas has a past of home unit involving Warren and helium was charged with home battle for the March 13 incident. He precocious pleaded blameworthy to violating the associated home maltreatment nary interaction bid for an discourtesy connected April 2, according to the attorney’s office.

Filas is being held astatine the Dakota County Jail. His bail has been acceptable astatine $2 cardinal and his adjacent tribunal quality is scheduled for May 27.