UNIONTOWN, Pa. (AP) - Closing arguments are scheduled Monday in the homicide trial of a western Pennsylvania woman charged in the stabbing death of her boyfriend on Christmas Day in 2018.
Twenty-eight-year-old Dominique Jones took the stand Friday in her own defense and alleged that the stabbing at the Holiday Inn Express in Uniontown was in self-defense and followed years of abuse by 25-year-old Tre Montel McCargo.
Jones said an argument that day turned physical and she grabbed a kitchen knife and swung it to defend herself, ultimately stabbing him in the neck. But she said “I was just trying to get him off of me. I wasn’t trying to kill him.”
Fayette County prosecutors said Jones believed McCargo was cheating on her after she looked at his cellphone while he slept on Christmas Day.
The (Uniontown) Herald-Standard reports that testimony was to have continued Saturday, but prosecutors opted not to call rebuttal witnesses. Jurors are expected to begin deliberations Monday after closing arguments.
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