A 53-year-old man was stabbed to death at his west Salt Lake home Monday night.
The 9:30 p.m. homicide apparently resulted from a domestic dispute that turned violent. Police took a 27-year-old woman, who claimed to be the man's girlfriend, into custody for questioning but had not arrested her late Monday night, Salt Lake Police Lt. Jim Jensen said. Six others also were questioned.The man, whose name wasn't released Monday night, was stabbed at his houseand died on the front porch.
Two self-described friends of the couple spoke about the incident on the condition of anonymity. The pair pulled up to the house just after the stabbing and said the deceased's girlfriend ran from the home screaming. One of the men described the woman's bloody hands by saying, "She looked like she had a pair of red gloves on."
The other man went to the porch to see if the victim was still alive.
"When I saw all that blood on the house I knew he was dead and ran to call an ambulance."
Both men described the couple as mellow and said they had no history of domestic violence.
"We're all friends in this area. We take care of the people that live around here. It's like a hometown thing," one of the men said.
A knife was found near the body and taken into evidence, but police will wait for an autopsy report to see if it was the murder weapon. Paramedics were dispatched to the home but the man was dead on arrival, Jensen said.
The fatal stabbing comes as Salt Lake homicide detectives are investigating two other recent suspicious deaths.
A man was found dead in a car parked at 600 N. New Star Drive (1785 West) Monday morning. He was not carrying any identification and apparently died of a wound to his head, Salt Lake Police Lt. Cory Lyman said.
Sunday, the body of a 19-year-old male was found in the closet of a Capitol Hill home. The man had a gunshot wound to his head and was discovered by the home's owner, who was detained for questioning but not arrested.
Salt Lake Police Lt. Terry Morgan said the death at 211 E. Sandrun Dr. (900 North) was initially investigated as a suicide but investigators found the incident suspicious.
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