Hunterdon woman indicted on charge of murdering housemate
FLEMINGTON – A 45-year-old Raritan Township woman has been indicted on a charge of murdering her 66-year-old housemate in February.
Domonique Preston was also indicted by a Hunterdon County grand jury on charges of third-degree possession of a weapon for an unlawful purpose and fourth-degree unlawful possession of a weapon, Hunterdon County Prosecutor Renee Robeson announced.
Preston, 45, has been charged with murdering Steve Spivey, 66, at their home on Manchester Road behind the Dutch Country Farm Market on Feb. 21.
Police responded to the home at about 1:40 a.m. Feb. 21 after Preston called 911 to report that a man, later identified as Spivey, had stabbed himself, according to an affidavit of probable cause.
When officers arrived, they saw Preston on top of Spivey who was lying on his back on a bed, according to the affidavit.
He had a visible wound to his chest and a large laceration to the left side of his head, the affidavit says.
Preston was taken from the scene and questioned based on her report that Spivey had stabbed himself.
During the questioning, the affidavit says, Preston told police “that she wanted to be honest" and that she had stabbed Spivey, according to the affidavit.
She repeated this "multiple times" even after being given her Miranda warning about self-incrimination, the affidavit says, even repeating it "in processing without being processed."
In the affidavit, Raritan Township Police Officer Eli Walters, the investigating detective who filed the complaint, said he reviewed the case with the officers who were on the scene and reviewed their bodycam footage.
Walters also said in the affidavit that he heard Preston say, "I only stabbed him once" while she was being processed.
Preston, who is represented by Herminia A. Moreira, of the Public Defender's Office, is being held at the Warren County Correctional Center in Belvidere.
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