GRABILL, Ind. (TCD) — Investigators are alleging a 60-year-old man fatally stabbed his girlfriend, then staged the scene and waited an hour before calling for help.
On Feb. 3 at approximately 8:30 p.m., Allen County Sheriff’s Office officers and paramedics went to the 10500 block of Lagoon Drive for a report of a stabbing. When they arrived, they found an unconscious adult, who was declared deceased at the scene. Deputies detained Charles Michael Calvert and arrested him on a charge of murder.
According to the probable cause affidavit, Calvert called 911 to report his girlfriend was “no longer with us” after she approached him with a knife during an argument. He said he was also armed with a knife during the dispute, and that both weapons were still in the kitchen.
One of the arriving officers saw Calvert in the driveway with his hands up. The officer went inside and found the victim “lying face down with a big gash on her head and neck area.” He checked for a pulse, but she did not have one. The officer reportedly noted the kitchen “appeared disheveled with a broken Crock-Pot, some bloody kitchen knives, and food items scattered around like there had been a struggle.”