Crime & Safety

Estranged Wife Arrested After Allegedly Stabbing Husband

A Los Altos man suffered from stab wounds to his neck and chest.

A man is in critical condition after a domestic violence-related stabbing in Redwood City on Thursday evening for which his 50-year-old estranged wife was arrested, police said.

The stabbing was reported at about 7 p.m. Thursday at a business in the first block of Laurel Street.

Officers arrived to find the victim, a 48-year-old Los Altos man, suffering from stab wounds to his neck and chest, according to police.

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He told the officers he was stabbed by his estranged wife, Laura Jean Wenke, who was found in the business and arrested, police said.

The victim was taken to a hospital and was in critical condition as of this morning.

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Wenke was booked into San Mateo County Jail on suspicion of attempted homicide, according to police.

--Bay City News


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