Coroner: Sharpsburg wife stabbed to death

Authorities say a 54-year-old woman found dead Sunday in her Sharpsburg home was stabbed to death.

Coweta County coroner Ray Yeager said Tuesday that Cathy Mendenhall McNaughton died from “sharp force injuries to the torso.”

The victim’s husband, Alec McNaughton, called 911 shortly after 7:30 p.m. Sunday to report that his wife was unresponsive and bleeding, Coweta Sheriff Mike Yeager said.

There was no forced entry to the home on Portage Lane in the French Village subdivision, and nothing had been taken, Mike Yeager said, adding that his office is treating the case as a homicide.

Asked whether the victim’s husband is a suspect in her death, the sheriff said Alec McNaughton “remains a person of interest, even after extensive interviews with us and the Georgia Bureau of Investigation.”

Alec McNaughton, 60, is a former director of attorney recruitment for Cambridge Partners, an Atlanta legal search and staffing firm.

Neighbors told WSB-TV that Cathy McNaughton formerly worked for Delta Air Lines.

— The Associated Press contributed to this story.