Na Cola Darcel Franklin, 31, and
her fiance Billy Rafael Brewster, 36, were planning to tie the knot at
10 a.m, but at some point during the night, Franklin and Brewster began
arguing, Steve Luksa, first deputy to the Lehigh County District
Attorney, told Greenwich news.
In the heat of the argument,
Franklin allegedly stabbed Brewster twice with a kitchen knife, police
said.
“One of the stab wounds punctured
his heart,” Luksa said.
When police arrived at the
apartment, shortly after 2 a.m., they found Brewster bleeding from chest
wounds on the second floor landing.
He was transported to the Lehigh
County Trauma center and pronounced dead at 3:24 a.m., less than seven
hours before the wedding.
Luksa said the couple was not alone in the apartment when the
stabbing took place. The couple’s children, and extended family members
were also present because of the impending nuptials.Franklin was arrested and charged with one count of criminal homicide, Luksa said.
During her arraignment, Franklin
told District Judge Donna Butler, “You got to check again,” unable to
comprehend that Brewster was dead, the Allentown Morning Call reported.
She cried, rocked herself back and forth and eventually choked out,
“I … did … not … kill … him … on … purpose.”
She is being held in Lehigh
County Prison without bail, Luksa said.
When Franklin told Bulter via the
video conference arraignment that she wanted to go home, Butler
responded, “You are not going home any time in the near future.”
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