(BOONE, Iowa) A Boone woman's in custody admitting to a fatal stabbing Tuesday night. Boone Police Commander John Sloter tells WHO Radio News Mary Myers walked to the Boone County Law Enforcement Center, near her home shortly before 6 p.m. and told a deputy she stabbed 65-year-old Joe Wirth.
Myers and Wirth lived together at 315 State Street. Police say Myers told them the stabbing happened during a fight.
The Iowa Division of Criminal Investigation determined Myers willfully and deliberately stabbed Wirth multiple times. Investigators say the stabbing happened Sunday, January 14th.
Fifty-nine-year-old Myers has been charged with First Degree Murder and is being held in the Boone County Jail, bond has been set at $1 million cash-only bond.
The State Medical Examiner’s Office is scheduled to do an autopsy on Wirth Thursday.