Background: The apartment building in Stratford, Conn., where Stanley Mulvey allegedly stabbed his girlfriend to death (Google Maps). Inset: Stanley Mulvey (Stratford Police Department).
A Connecticut man has been charged with murder after police found him lying on top of his unresponsive girlfriend, both of them “covered in blood.”
Stanley Mulvey, 67, was the one who called dispatchers on Monday to report that he “just stabbed his girlfriend” and “now wanted to kill himself.” According to a press release from the Stratford Police Department, officers arrived at the apartment that Mulvey shared with his girlfriend, 62-year-old Megan McShane, after receiving word of the call made at around 7 p.m. that evening. When they entered the home, they found Mulvey “lying atop” McShane, who was unresponsive.
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Police said that they found a “large kitchen knife” near McShane where she lay in the home”s kitchen. Both she and Mulvey were “covered in blood.”
When Mulvey was asked to get off of McShane, he reportedly “refused” to obey orders from police, who resorted to using physical force to get him off the ground. He was handcuffed and put in a marked car while paramedics tended to McShane, who was pronounced dead at the scene.
While in the car, police said that Mulvey made several statements in which he admitted to killing McShane. The press release noted that Mulvey was convicted on a domestic violence charge in May; the victim in the case was McShane.
Mulvey was booked into jail on $1 million bond after police charged him with murder and interfering with a police officer. He is scheduled to appear in court on Wednesday for a bond hearing.
