An older Washington, D.C., man was captured Thursday and accused of killing his better half after a contention over flapjacks, government investigators said.
Steven Schwartz, 85, is blamed for lethally wounding his better half, Sharron Schwartz, 81, at their home Sunday, the U.S. Lawyer’s Office for the Locale of Columbia said.
Steven Schwartz “didn’t have any desire to eat the flapjacks she made and betrayed her,” the U.S. lawyer’s office said in a proclamation declaring the capture.
Police answered a report of a wounding at 3:40 p.m and tracked down Sharron Schwartz with wounds and Steven Schwartz with self-caused wounds, as per the Metropolitan Police Division in Washington and court records.
Both were taken to a medical clinic, where Sharron Schwartz kicked the bucket.
As per a police oath recorded in the locale criminal case, Steven Schwartz said that he has a repugnance for food, his significant other was attempting to cause him to eat and there was a contention.
He said within the sight of police that he has a state of eating redirection and despondency. He additionally said that his significant other didn’t have the right to kick the bucket and that he wished he had passed on, as indicated by the police affirmation.
In a later meeting, he let specialists know that he and his better half were hitched for a long time, that he cherished her and he had implored the killing was a hallucination, as per one more police report documented with the court. He said he had been recuperating from a stroke at that point, as indicated by the record.
Steven Schwartz is accused of second-degree murder while equipped, the U.S. lawyer’s office said. A Predominant Court judge requested Schwartz held without bail Thursday, it said. A fundamental hearing is planned for Jan. 2.
A lawyer recorded as addressing Schwartz didn’t quickly answer a solicitation for input late Thursday.