York, PA - An 18-year-old Berwick Township, Adams County, woman has been charged in the fatal stabbing of her husband at their Beaver Creek Road home in early October.
Eastern Adams Regional Police on Wednesday filed one count of criminal homicide and two counts of possessing instruments of a crime against Leah Marie Lippy, who lived with her 23-year-old husband, Adam E. Lippy.
Police were called to the home about 10:12 p.m. Oct. 3 after Adam Lippy reportedly went into cardiac arrest. Lippy was stabbed in the chest, police said, and found unconscious on the floor inside the rear entrance of the home.
Leah Lippy said she was cutting cheese for a burrito when Adam walked up behind her, police said. She
spun and stabbed him with the knife, according to court documents.
The gray sweatshirt she was wearing had blood on the front and back, and there was also blood on her gray sweatpants, police said.
Police did not give any motive for the stabbing.
Adam Lippy was flown to York Hospital where he was pronounced dead, police said. The cause of death was a stab wound to the chest, court documents state.
According to court documents filed Wednesday with District Judge John C. Zepp III, Leah Lippy admitted to the stabbing but said it was an accident. She is jailed at Adams County prison without bail.
The (Hanover) Evening Sun contributed to this report.
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