
FOREST, MS (WLBT) - A Forest woman is behind bars, charged with stabbing her boyfriend to death.
It happened around 10:15 Saturday night, at the couple's home at 721 George Street.
Neighbors told police the pair began arguing inside the home, then moved outside.
When police arrived they found 77-year-old Howard Lee Stingley lying in the backyard, with a knife a few feet away. He was pronounced dead at the scene.
Forty-eight-year-old Mary Patrick told police she killed Stingley.
She was taken to the Forest jail and charged with murder.
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