Crime & Safety

Buckeye Police Probe Fatal Stabbing Of Woman

The woman's boyfriend is in custody.

A woman in her 50s in Buckeye was stabbed to death Monday night. Police say that the woman's boyfriend is in custody.

It happened Monday night around 8 p.m. at a home near Verrado Way and McDowell Road.

The woman had been stabbed in the neck and brought to a hospital where she died.

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There was another woman in the home who witnessed the incident. (Subscribe to local news alerts on Patch).

Police have not yet released names or said what they believe led to the stabbing.

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