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Allegany Woman Charged In Husband's Fatal Stabbing

LONACONING, Md. (AP) -- An Allegany County woman is facing a second-degree murder charge in the fatal stabbing of her husband.

Investigators say 28-year-old Jessyca Kimble stabbed her 29-year-old husband, Edward Kimble, with a steak knife during a fight at their home near Lonaconing on Tuesday afternoon.

Police say after he was stabbed in the chest, Edward Kimble ran to a neighbor's house and knocked on the door before collapsing. He was taken to a hospital, where he was pronounced dead.

Jessyca Kimble is awaiting an appearance before a court commissioner. The slaying remains under investigation by the Allegany County Combined Criminal

Investigation Unit. Investigators say they obtained a DNA sample and other physical evidence from Jessyca Kimble.

(Copyright 2013 by The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved.)

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