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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I believe this as much as I believe those who claim, “I was cleaning my gun and it went off”. It’s a novel excuse to replace the tired ones, but I’ll bet they will find Internet search activity related to psychological side effects of cold medicine from some time in the past two weeks, either on his computer or from a local library.
You’re a marketing natural!
Vicks NyQuil: “The nighttime, sniffling, sneezing, aching, coughing, stuffy-head, fever, kill your wife so you can rest medicine.”
Seems like sooner or later she should be able to figure out she shouldn't be taking that stuff.
Did you want to choke anyone in particular, or were you just aware that your fuse was much shorter than normal?
I'm sure she understood.
“I found out about it like everyone else, when I read it in the paper.”
Sounds like Obama.
I had completely forgotten that until I read your post. He did disappear.
What to do do, what to do..?
FMCDH(BITS)
I agree!I think the last time scared her so it’s possible she has stopped. I hope so anyway.
I walked in my sleep once, and only once, as far as I know. I was extremely tired when I went to bed that night after driving home from a day trip, so maybe I was in a deep stage of sleep when I got up in the middle of the night, heading for the bathroom. The next thing I remember, I was wandering in another part of the house where I never go in the middle of the night. Don’t know how I got there, but I felt my eyelids fluttering and then I suddenly jerked wide awake, wondering what the hell. Apparently I had made it to the bathroom because I no longer felt the need to use the facility. My point is, strange things can happen. I do not drink or use drugs or any cold meds.
great when these pastors think they are smarter than everyone
I have never felt seething mad before. Basically, I have a very calm demeanor and I don’t have a short fuse, even under trying circumstances. That is why it scared me.
(And he was probably working on a sermon about St. Peter cutting off that guy's ear.)
My daughter has never done anything violent but it IS scary to wake up and not still be in your bed. She has a stressful job and works long hours. When you are stressed it’s hard to sleep even if you are tired. She took prescription sleep meds for a while but they were worse. I don’t always sleep well but I’m retired so I don’t have to get up and go to work. I spent years with the stress and fatigue she is going through so I understand but some sleep meds can be dangerous in certain situations.
That is scary. I’d look around the internet to see if anyone else has reported that effect, just out of curiosity. There’s only a few active ingredients in there, and you might want to know what to stay away from. For example, maybe the anti-histamine.
And, that’s just cold medicine, not a heavy duty anti-depressant that manipulates brain chemistry like many mass murderers seem to take.
Well, well, well ...
Under normal conditions means using the prescribed dosage, however some people may be extra sensitive at the normal dosage. That may be the problem.
Dextromethoraphan is from the morphine class of controlled substances.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dextromethorphan
The man referenced in the article took Coricidin
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coricidin
Looks like it is known for causing psychosis.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Psychosis
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