Woman Charged With Stabbing Husband to Death

A woman charged today with stabbing her husband to death in a Mission Hill residence has been sent for a competency evaluation, according to Suffolk County District Attorney Daniel F. Conley.

Karen Edwards, 36, of Brooklyn, was arraigned at West Roxbury Municipal Court Friday morning for allegedly stabbing her 37-year-old husband Collins Edwards in the chest with a large knife shortly after midnight, prosecutors say.

Edwards is being held without bail and has been sent to Solomon Carter Fuller Center for a 20-day evaluation at the prosecution's request.

According to the prosecution, Karen and Collins Edwards were with two other people when a verbal argument broke out. Edwards allegedly told her husband she was going to stab him, got a large knife from the kitchen, and stabbed him in the chest.

Collins Edwards fled the scene, but his wife chased after him, prosecutors say. He was pronounced dead at a hospital.

Karen Edwards allegedly admitted to Boston Police that she had stabbed her husband. The prosecution said she did not have any injuries.

Edwards will return to court Oct. 27.

Domestic violence victims are urged to call SafeLink, a multilingual statewide hotline, at 877-785-2020.

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