Crime & Public Safety
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Wife charged in stabbing death of Gwinnett man

The wife told homicide investigators that she stabbed her husband, according to Gwinnett police.

Credit: Gwinnett County Police Department

Credit: Gwinnett County Police Department

The wife told homicide investigators that she stabbed her husband, according to Gwinnett police.
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Aug 19, 2020

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.

ExploreWife fatally stabs husband during dispute in Gwinnett home, police say

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.

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