HOUSTON – A suspect has been arrested for fatally stabbing a woman on Houston’s south side Wednesday, the Houston Police Department said.
The suspect, identified by police as 65-year-old Michael Anthony Wilson, is charged with murder in the 262nd State District Court.
HPD Sgt. Holbrook said the 36-year-old victim, who is “known to be a sex worker,” was found in the 6600 block of New York Street at around 10:25 a.m.
Homicide detectives are en route to 6600 New York Street after a female was found with a laceration about 10:25 a.m.
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The female was pronounced deceased.
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According to Holbrook, the woman walked to her friend’s house from Yellowstone Boulevard and told her she had been stabbed in the neck. Officers said she bled profusely before she collapsed in the yard and died. Her identity is pending verification by the Harris County Institute of Forensic Sciences.
Police said further investigation, witness statements and evidence from the scene identified Wilson as the suspect in this case.
Wilson was located a short time later and arrested, HPD said. He was booked into the Harris County Jail.
Police have not revealed a motive for the stabbing.