Kristen Dewald was charged with murdering her husband – a University of Houston professor – about a year ago, and according to new documents filed today, Dewald had attempted to kill her husband with a pair of scissors about three weeks earlier.
Officers arrested Dewald for that stabbing, and after she reported hearing voices that commanded her to kill, she was taken to the Harris County Psychiatric Center for evaluation and treatment.
"[She] really felt like she had to get rid of him
A new face of injustice in Harris County could soon be James Dewald, Sr., father of the University of Houston professor killed by his wife last year. Dewald repeatedly told reporters this morning that the case has ended in a "miscarriage of justice."Kristen Dewald, who confessed to the murder shortly after her arrest, was in court this morning, and a judge - without a trial - found Kristen not guilty by reason of insanity, based on a stipulation Hair Balls reported on November 21.News cameras sw
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