MINNEAPOLIS (AP) - A woman has pleaded guilty to fatally stabbing her boyfriend at their Minneapolis apartment.
Zara Jo Case, 36, entered the plea Friday in Hennepin County District Court to second-degree murder in the Feb. 15 death of 39-year-old Joesph “Moochie” McRunnel at their home near the University of Minnesota.
Case told police investigating the death that she had recently left substance abuse rehabilitation and was addicted to methamphetamine and alcohol, the Star Tribune reported.
A man in a neighboring apartment called police to tell them he had barricaded his door because Case was trying to break in. Officers said they found Case was extremely intoxicated and sent her back to her apartment.
Police were called two more times. The last time, police found Case outside and screaming that McRunnel had stabbed himself. Officers found him on the floor of their apartment. .
Case remains jailed without bail ahead of sentencing on June 9.
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