‘I Need To Sacrifice You Both’: Pinellas County Woman Accused Of Stabbing Husband

SEMINOLE, FL — A Seminole woman was arrested for stabbing her husband Tuesday morning after telling him that she needed to “sacrifice and kill” him and their son, according to multiple reports.

The victim, Richard Dedert, woke up at 5 a.m. to his wife, 58-year-old, Karen Dedert, standing over him, WTSP reported.

As he awoke, she asked him, “Where is our son?” and told him, “I need to sacrifice and kill you both,” reports said.

Karen tried to stab him with a large knife, he blocked the attack, took the knife from her and locked himself in a bedroom, WFLA said.

When he left the room around 7:45 a.m. to shower, his wife was waiting for him, ambushing him from behind a refrigerator to try and stab him in the stomach, reports said. He defended himself and disarmed Karen again as she yelled, “I’m going to kill you.”

Though he was cut on the arm, he was able to leave the home and call 911.

Deputies responded to their home in the 9500 block of Tara Cay Court around 8:15 a.m., IONTB.com reported.

Though she initially refused to speak with investigators after being informed of her Miranda rights, she later said to them, “These aren’t the clothes I was wearing when I stabbed him,” according to reports.

Karen was charged with first-degree attempted murder and is being held at the Pinellas County Jail on a $100,000 bond, court records show.

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