Charles Michael Calvert, Marcia Linsky, and the scene outside the home where he allegedly killed her
A 60-year-old man in Indiana was arrested over the weekend for killing his girlfriend, allegedly stabbing the woman to death and then setting up the scene to make it appear as though he was acting in self-defense. Charles Michael Calvert was taken into custody on Saturday and charged with one count of murder in the fatal stabbing of Marcia Linsky, court records obtained by Law&Crime show.
According to a probable cause affidavit obtained by Law&Crime, officers with the Allen County Police Department at about 8:24 p.m. on Feb. 3 responded to a 911 call about a stabbing at a residence in the 10500 block of Lagoon Drive. The caller identified himself as Calvert and allegedly stated that the victim had “come at him with a knife.”
“(Calvert) kept saying ‘she is no longer with us,”” the affidavit states. “(Calvert) told dispatch he also had a knife and both knives were still located in the kitchen. (Calvert) stated ‘we were having an argument, we both were holding a knife and she came at me.’”
During the 911 call, Calvert told the dispatcher that his girlfriend “became very verbal” with him several times, police said. They also noted that he sounded “very calm throughout the call” and had “no sense of urgency whatsoever.”
Upon arriving at the scene, first responders found Calvert outside the home and Linksy dead inside the home. She was lying facedown with a “big gash on her head and neck area.” Investigators also noted that the victim’s right thumb was “severely cut, to the point it was nearly severed,” which police said was indicative of a defensive wound.
“The kitchen appeared disheveled with a broken crockpot, some bloody kitchen knives, and food items scattered around like there had been a struggle,” police wrote.
Calvert then sat with detectives for a post-Miranda interview.
“(Calvert) spoke with Cpl. Ben Fries and stated that he had been dating the victim for approximately one year. (Calvert) stated the victim got very aggressive,” the affidavit states. “(Calvert) stated that he was cutting onions and the victim stated that he wasn’t doing it correctly. (Calvert) stated the victim shoved the crock pot towards him and she came at him with a knife as he grabbed a knife. (Calvert) stated ‘I became defensive’ and stated he didn’t remember the other details.”
Investigators and the deputy coroner on the scene emphasized that the crime scene “appeared to be staged,” noting that the knives “appeared to be placed next to the victim’s body neatly,” and that “the larger serrated knife was covered in blood and the other knife appeared to be relatively clean.”
Authorities said there were no signs that Calvert attempted to render aid to Linsky after she was fatally wounded.
Additionally, while there was an onion peel in the garbage, police said that they “did not observe a chopped-up onion anywhere in the kitchen.”
Police also said there was evidence indicating that Calvert had showered and changed clothes after fatally stabbing his girlfriend, including a set of bloody clothes and a pair of eyeglasses with blood spatter on them and a red substance that appeared to be blood in the master shower.
Going back to the 911 call, investigators also emphasized that Calvert repeatedly claimed that his girlfriend had been acting strange before the stabbing.
“The Defendant tells the dispatcher ‘she parked her car outside of the garage, she never parks her outside,’” the affidavit states. “She bought bleach today, she never buys bleach, in the year I’ve been with her she’s never bought bleach.’”
Calvert is being held without bond at the Allen County Jail, records show.
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