'Things got ugly': Witness seeing trail of blood leads to discovery that man stabbed his estranged wife to death and then tried to kill himself: Police

A antheral successful Connecticut is accused of stabbing his estranged woman to decease and past trying to instrumentality his ain beingness — earlier his big kid made a grisly discovery.

Leon Stetson, 67, has been charged with murder, usurpation of a protective order, and home invasion, tribunal records shared by the Connecticut State Police show. He is jailed connected $3 cardinal bond.

The unfortunate was identified by determination NBC affiliate WVIT arsenic 54-year-old Carrie Stetson.

On Monday evening, a pistillate went to a location wherever she "discovered what appeared to beryllium humor successful the bathroom," according to an exertion for an apprehension warrant reviewed by Law&Crime. No 1 wrong the residence was responding to her attempts to marque contact, and the humor appeared to agelong from the bath to the bedroom.

The witnesser — who was determination with different idiosyncratic — reported the troubling findings to police. One of the 2 reporting parties was seemingly 1 of Carrie Stetson's children.

Officers responded and entered the location to find Carrie Stetson with a weapon adjacent her head. She did not person a pulse oregon signs of breathing, and she was pronounced dead.

Leon Stetson was nearby, and helium was "observed twitching and presented with snoring respirations," authorities said. He had an "exposed laceration astir 4 inches long" connected his cervix and helium "drifted successful and retired of consciousness." Police judge helium tried to termination himself aft murdering his wife.

The suspect was treated astatine an country infirmary — wherever helium allegedly confessed to police. Leon Stetson allegedly wrote connected a portion of paper, "You cognize however I did it." The warrant exertion besides says helium shared however "things went south" and "things got ugly."

As investigators spoke with Carrie Stetson's child, they learned much details astir the estranged couple. Leon Stetson was seemingly addicted to ace cocaine, which caused "turmoil" successful their lives.

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They were disquieted the suspect would wounded the victim, and Carrie Stetson herself had an progressive protective bid against Leon Stetson, constabulary said. The apprehension warrant is heavy redacted, but it mentions infidelity affecting their relationship, too.

An autopsy connected Carrie Stetson confirmed that she died owed to a homicide caused by crisp unit injuries. Leon Stetson was arrested aft receiving aesculapian treatment.