With no clear motive reported by the police, a soon-to-be bride stabbed her doomed groom to death, hours before guests and their pastor were due to arrive and share in their nuptials, as reported by the CBS News and others.
N.C.F., 31, allegedly stabbed B.B., 36, in the chest during an argument in their apartment on Saturday morning August 11.
The wedding was set for 10 in the morning that same day.
After receiving a call, police discovered B.B. at approximately 2:19 in the morning, in the landing just outside of the couple's second floor apartment in Whitehall Township, near Allentown. A hospital close by later pronounced him dead.
Neighbor S.E. commented, "They were very friendly, very nice people. I never heard them argue."
One witness, M.K., reported that just as it appeared that the happy couple were to head out for a pre-wedding breakfast, they began to have an argument. As the quarrel escalated N.C.G. allegedly grabbed a knife and was able to effectively stab B.B. twice on the left side of his chest.
Those two wounds, according to authorities, fatally punctured B.B.'s heart.
After the stabbing M.K. said that she tackled N.C.F. to the ground while her husband, N.K. – also B.B.'s cousin – was able to knock the knife out of N.C.F.'s grip.
B.B. unsteadily pulled himself out through the apartment's front door and came to rest on the second-floor landing.
Within the couple's apartment were family members that had traveled, some as far as Illinois, to attend the wedding – including four children.
One of the children allegedly picked up the bloodied knife, according to court documents, and carried it into the kitchen.
S.E. also commented that he witnessed many people throughout the day coming and going in the apartment building after the stabbing. The pastor that was scheduled to officiate the ceremony came to look for the couple, as well as many panic-stricken looking people – all dressed for a wedding. S.E. said, "There were a lot of people very upset. My wife and I were very upset."
N.C.F. seemed at first doubtful and then shocked to learn during her video arraignment that she had killed her fiancé. Reporters from Allentown's The Morning Call newspaper wrote that she told the judge to "check (B.B.) again!"
Through her tears, N.C.F. said, "I want my family back, I want to go home." And when asked if she understood that she had been charged with B.B.'s homicide, through fits and starts she said, "I ... did ... not ... kill ... him ... on ... purpose."
A preliminary hearing will determine if there is enough evidence to warrant a trial. At this time N.C.F. has yet to enter a plea.
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