73 Year Old Diabetic Stabs Wife To Death, Calls 911
Posted: Saturday, September 03, 2011
by Joel Hendon
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The 911 operator was surprised to hear a voice on the phone saying he had just committed murder. He told the operator he had just killed his wife, saying, “I took all I could take from her…She provoked me”
The man identified himself as William A. Strickland and he told the operator that he had just committed murder and had stabbed his wife to death. He also told the operator that he had placed the knife on the kitchen table and was then sitting on the couch waiting for the police.
Strickland told the police “I ain’t going anywhere … Ain’t no need to start CPR. She’s not living,”
Sergeant Perez also said that Strickland was in a rage but would not tell them how she “provoked him.” Perez added that he was on dialysis and that he took, “a bag full of pills every day.”
The Strickland’s were known to have had domestic problems before. In fact, they had once divorced and then remarried. They were first married in 1987 an divorced in 1998. They remarried in 2009. Strickland was arrested in 1998 on a domestic violence charge, however, he was released when Carolyn Strickland refused to press charges.
Also, three days before the recent stabbing occurred, Carolyn called police and told them that William Strickland had a shotgun and was threatening her with it. Police arrested him and confiscated a .25 caliber pistol from him. They then took him to the county jail and Carolyn was to meet with them the next day. She did not show up and later called and told them once again that she did not wish to press charges.
Dayton is a very small town in Marengo County southwest of Birmingham, Alabama whose population according to the 2000 census, was 60.
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Top-level comments on this article: (2 total)I am surprised that Alabama authorities let him out--most states do not need the wife to press charges on a domestic like this --especially on something this serious.Hi Steve, yes it is a question, however, i read just recently that Alabama Prisons are overcrowded the highest of any other of the 50 states with California coming in second. I can't remember the exact figure, but it was 179% or 197% or something similar. Our state is a hotbed of amphetamine production, plus over the border distribution of other drugs. They transport semi-trailer loads (partially loaded with legitimate materials) through here heading for Atlanta and points on the east coast.
The man who killed an Anniston policeman a week or so ago, had been convicted and sentenced to 5 years in prison for drug trafficking but was let out after serving 17 months. The young policeman would probably be alive today if not for the overcrowed jails.
Thanks for reading and commenting.
I had a class I teach do a research paper on prisons--one student did Alabama and if I remember right Alabama prisons were small and way too overcrowded.
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