Husband, wife critically hurt in attempted murder-suicide on Christmas Day, Largo police say
A 78-year-old man faces an attempted murder charge after he stabbed his wife, then tried to take his own life on Christmas night, according to the Largo Police Department.
LARGO, Fla. - A 78-year-old man faces an attempted murder charge after he attacked his wife, then tried to take his own life on Christmas Day, according to the Largo Police Department.
LPD said Jonathan McPhee called police Wednesday and told dispatchers he killed his wife at the couple's home on Pine Cone Way.
When officers arrived, they found McPhee with a stab wound they say was self-inflicted, and his wife suffering from what police described as blunt force trauma.
Both were taken to the hospital and were listed in critical condition as of Thursday morning.
McPhee faces an attempted first-degree murder charge, police said.
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