Detroit woman charged in deadly stabbing of live-in partner
DETROIT (FOX 2) - A woman has been charged after her live-in partner was stabbed to death at a home in Detroit.
Akilah Swift, 39, is facing a first-degree murder charge in the death of 62-year-old Wendel Duplessis.
Authorities say the two were living together at the time of the stabbing. They say Swift stabbed Duplessis multiple times the morning of Nov. 10 at a home in the 4100 block of St. Antoine.
Swift was taken into custody at another location later that day.
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Police haven't given any information about why the stabbing may have happened.
Swift is due in court later this month for a probable cause hearing.