MAGNOLIA, Del. (AP) - A Delaware man has been charged with murder in a fatal stabbing at a party, state police said.
Delaware State Police said Sunday that James Palmer, 46, was charged in the stabbing in Magnolia on Saturday.
State police spokesman Cpl. Jason Hatchell told the Delaware State News that a verbal altercation occurred between several people who were at a party at a trailer located behind a home. He said some people left the party and went to the residence to get away from the argument, but the conflict escalated.
Hatchell said a 37-year-old male from Smyrna and a 34-year-old woman from Dover were both stabbed with a large knife by the suspect. The man was pronounced dead at the hospital, while the woman was treated for stab wounds to her abdomen.
Palmer turned himself in Saturday and was arraigned on charges of first-degree murder, attempted murder and possession of a deadly weapon during commission of a felony. He was committed to the Howard R. Young Correctional Institution on $1.1 million cash bond.
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