Adelene Wilson, Harris County, Texas wife stabbed to death by husband in front of two kids and aunt. Home was previous site of ongoing domestic calls to police. Husband id as Charles Murray Wilson. No known motive.
A Texas man since identified as Charles Murray Wilson, 49, has been arrested after stabbing his wife, Adelene Wilson to death in front of their two children at their family home, Friday morning, police said.
The Harris County Precinct 4 Constable’s Office said deputies were dispatched around 6 a.m. to a home located on Kleinmeadow Drive near Bammel North Houston Road following a call for a ‘family disturbance’ according to a Facebook release.
When they arrived, they found a woman in her 40s with multiple stab wounds. Two children, ages 11 and 8, and an adult woman (thought to be the children’s aunt) reportedly witnessed the incident. The woman’s husband had already fled the scene when deputies arrived.
Harris County police had fielded previous calls to the house
Investigators found the husband at a nearby gas station on Spring Cypress Drive near TC Jester Boulevard driving the victim’s car. He was detained and will be taken to the Harris County Sheriff’s Office for questioning.
The identities of the victim and her husband have to date not been revealed.
It is believed the call to cops was made by one of the husband and wife’s two children.
A follow up advisory via Ed Gonzalez from the Harris County Sheriff’s Office stated the husband, Charles Murray Wilson (10-3-75) being charged with the murder of his wife, Adelene Wilson (43).
HCSO said there have been calls for service at this home before, but couldn’t give any details about what they were for, KHOU reported
Neighbors told ABC13 they had heard arguments coming from the home in the past.
Arrest update: Charles Murray Wilson (10-3-75) was charged with murder in the stabbing death of his wife Adelene Wilson (43). Charles was booked in the Harris County Jail. https://t.co/VxMo8an9yY
— Ed Gonzalez (@SheriffEd_HCSO) November 8, 2024
Incidence of domestic violence
Investigators said the woman had reported that her husband had taken her car around 5:30 a.m. Friday, around 30 minutes before deputies were dispatched. The sheriff’s office said they don’t know whether that call had anything to do with the incident and the second call which went out at 6:05 a.m.
The two children and the woman who witnessed the ‘traumatizing’ incident were taken to an area hospital as a precaution and have since been released.
Authorities were now awaiting securing a search warrant for the house.
No known murder motive was immediately known.
HCSO said this is the 24th domestic violence related murder case they’ve worked this year.
Authorities have asked the public with any information on the case to contact HCSO or Crime Stoppers at 713-222-8477.