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[just bob]

Man named Barlow stabs wife with a Bowie knife over laundry dispute. No word as of yet what happened when she burned the biscuits. Might have been much cheaper to buy a new chair cushion. Truth is funnier than fiction. This is copied and pasted from local news.

NEW CASTLE, Ind. — Police accuse a 78-year-old man of slicing his wife with a Bowie knife all because he was angry that she washed a chair cushion.
Frank Barlow of New Castle is charged with one count of domestic battery with a deadly weapon, a Level 5 felony; intimidation with a deadly weapon, a Level 5 felony; and criminal recklessness with a deadly weapon, a Level 6 felony.
Court documents detail how New Castle police were called to the 1600 block of P Avenue on Oct. 7 on report of a domestic dispute.
The 83-year-old victim reportedly showed police a laceration on her hand and told officers that her husband, Barlow, had cut her with a knife while also allegedly holding the weapon against her throat and threatening her.
According to the victim, Barlow had told his wife she was no longer able to do laundry and became angry when she washed a chair cushion. Part of the reason Barlow was reportedly angry was because the chair cushion had a pocket to hold the remote, and without the cushion, he could no longer holster the TV remote.
Officers ended up catching up with Barlow at a local restaurant, where he denied the accusations.
The Bowie knife was recovered from the home and logged into evidence, police said.
If convicted of a Level 5 felony, Barlow could face up to six years in prison.

[edgy46]

Was alcohol involved?

[peanut740]

Was alcohol involved?

Maybe that. or dementia.

[just bob]

That's what I thought as well when I first read this, but he was arrested at a local restaurant and not cited for public intoxication. From that I assume he was sober. I feel so sorry for the poor woman involved. I hope she is in a safe place.

[1967redrider]

Sad.