Two people are dead this morning after a man allegedly stabbed his wife at a Southside home, then was killed after his car piled into a tree a few blocks away.
About 5:30 a.m., Indianapolis metropolitan police received a frantic http://www.indystar.com/911" target="_blank">911 call of a woman stabbed in the 4700 block of South Rural Street. Upon arrival, IMPD officers found 44-year-old Melissa Field dead in the home.
Three small children — ranging in age from 8 to 15 — were home at the time but were not hurt, police say. WTHR (Channel 13), The Star's news-gathering partner, reports that two other children may have been in the home and witnessed the attack.
Police say the man apparently became angry and attacked Field, then left the residence and lost control of his vehicle on slick pavement about four blocks away and crashed head-on into a tree in the 4600 block of Carson, according to a news release from IMPD spokesman Kendale Adams.
Within minutes, IMPD officers received a second 911 call reporting the crash. The suspect was dead when police arrived, and rescue crews had to extract his body from the vehicle.
Neither the man’s identity nor a motive for the attack was immediately available.
The couple’s children have been placed in the care of nearby family members, police say. (Kevin Field)
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