Wife charged in stabbing death of Gwinnett man
A woman is facing charges after police said she stabbed her husband to death during an argument in their Gwinnett County home.
Investigators charged 51-year-old Roxanne Woodward-Zachary with voluntary manslaughter in the death of 53-year-old Brett Zachary, Gwinnett police said Wednesday.
Officers were called to the couple’s home in the 2000 block of Preston Lake Drive in Tucker just after 1 a.m. Monday, according to police spokesman Cpl. Collin Flynn. Brett Zachary was found dead at the scene.
Woodard-Zachary told investigators she stabbed her husband, Flynn said after the incident.
She was arrested Tuesday and booked into the Gwinnett County Jail, where she remains with no bond.
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Asia Simone Burns is a watchdog reporter for the AJC. Burns was formerly an intern in AJC’s newsroom and now writes about crime. She is a graduate of Samford University and has previously reported for NPR and WABE, Atlanta’s NPR member station.
