Woman Stabbed to Death in Kalamata While Children Slept Next Door; Husband Arrested After Knife Planted in Her Hand

A 41-year-old accountant has been arrested for the murder of his 39-year-old wife in Kalamata after allegedly stabbing her multiple times while the couple's two daughters, aged 6 and 10, slept in the next room — then placing a knife in the victim's hand in an apparent attempt to claim self-defence. Neighbors alerted police to screams shortly before 2 a.m. Monday. Officers arrived to find the suspect covered in blood and the woman dead. Forensic examination found multiple stab wounds on the v...

By ANTHEE CARASSAVA