PALM SPRINGS, Fla. — Police say a 61-year-old Florida woman stabbed her physically disabled husband more than 140 times and hit him on the head with a meat cleaver to make sure he was dead.
Palm Springs police arrested Joan Burke on Sunday on a charge of first-degree murder.
Melvin Weller’s stepson found his body Feb. 11 in a pool of blood on the couple’s kitchen floor.
A police report said a bloody knife and meat cleaver were in the sink.
Burke was found in a bedroom with cuts to both her palms, news outlets reported.
A lawyer for Burke wasn’t listed on jail records.
