Posted on 09/04/2017 1:17:28 PM PDT by BenLurkin
A 28-year-old North Carolina man is facing a murder charge after allegedly stabbing his wife in bed — but the newlywed claims he doesn’t remember carrying out the alleged crime because he might have done it in his sleep, PEOPLE confirms.
Matthew Phelps, of Raleigh, called police distraught early Friday morning, declaring that his wife, Lauren, was dead on their bedroom floor covered in blood.
“I had a dream and then I turned on the lights and she’s dead on the floor,” he says in a 911 call obtained by PEOPLE. “I have blood all over me and there’s a bloody knife on the bed and I think I did it. I can’t believe this.”
He told the dispatcher through tears that his wife wasn’t breathing and that he was afraid to get close to her — “I’m so scared,” he said.
Phelps is charged with murder and is being held at Wake County Detention Center without bail, a jail spokesperson tells PEOPLE. As police work to determine the circumstances around Lauren’s death, Phelps suggested during the 911 call that cold medicine he took the night before might have led to his alleged actions.
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That’s my story and I’m sticking to it.
I HATE it when that happens!
I found out about it like everyone else, when I read it in the paper.
No one is more flabbergasted than me, I assure you.
Very sad. I should be glad my wife doesn’t use this kind of cold medicine.
Nice try, “Reverend”.
Didn’t he know that Twinkies we’re back in production? He could have used the tried and true defense.
Don't know if this guy had the same reaction as I did, but I did want to choke someone.
He couldn’t get over her so he got pastor.
Killer Nyquil
I’m sure Mr. Phelps will be accorded the same deference and respect that has been offered to Officer Mohamed Noor of Minneapolis.
About whom virtually nothing has been heard since July 27th, according to Google.
He couldn’t get over her so he got pastor.
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The medicine had him all rev-ed up.
This “Aspiring Pastor” sounds very much like some “Aspiring Rappers.”
I hope the sharp scientists and investigators on Forensic Files take this guy down.
I said several times that it would be pushed under the rug and covered up by his partner, other boys in blue, lawyers, the DA, and judges.
Looks like I was right.
The nighttime, sniffling, sneezing, coughing, stabbing, aching, fever, best sleep with a cold medicine.
Sorry, but there is no “cold medicine” defense. The law cannot look into his mind and see if he’s sincere. If he’s a pastor, he’ll have a discussion with God one day.
I vote to convict.
I’ll wait for the toxicology report. Place your bets:
- it wasn’t Coricidin
- it was Corcidin plus some other drug(s), maybe legal, maybe illegal
- “more than I should have” = entire bottle
If this sticks to the Forensic Files template, in about four week we’ll discover his wife just found out about his sidepiece, and that he had embezzled money from somewhere. And he’ll suddenly change his story...
Meanwhile, cold medicine sales have inexplicably soared.
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