ORANGE COUNTY, Fla. — A 76-year-old woman died after she was stabbed several times during a fight with her 79-year-old roommate, the Orange County Sheriff’s Office said.
Just after 11 a.m. Saturday, deputies said they responded to the 2000 block of Hastings Street in reference to a fight between two female roommates in their 70s.
READ: Pack of cigarettes leads to arrest of Florida man after bank robbery
Deputies said they found one of the roommates with multiple stab wounds.
The woman, later identified as 76-year-old Suzanne Dickens, was transported to the hospital where she was pronounced dead, deputies said.
READ: Florida man puts fake bomb on porch to fight eviction attempt
The suspect, 79-year-old Thelma Atterbury, was arrested on a charge of first-degree murder with a weapon.
READ: More than 60 firefighters respond to fire inside Dollar General store in Ocala
See a map of the scene below:
©2021 Cox Media Group
:quality(70)/cloudfront-us-east-1.images.arcpublishing.com/cmg/ACMX5CS5JBCHBH5NNZHVLR4EOI.png)
:quality(70)/cloudfront-us-east-1.images.arcpublishing.com/cmg/L2B3JY4NHFDM3ODUJ27QFFYCC4.jpeg)
:quality(70)/cloudfront-us-east-1.images.arcpublishing.com/cmg/BLYJWUUH7ZBRHPGWXV2HYWLPJQ.jpg)
:quality(70)/cloudfront-us-east-1.images.arcpublishing.com/cmg/3UZ32A32NNDGLLQNSHFTWA34ME.jpeg)
:quality(70)/cloudfront-us-east-1.images.arcpublishing.com/cmg/RTMVJMTUJNHK7HISHYIIGXKQKQ.jpeg)