Warsaw Woman Arrested in Stabbing Incident

According to Benton County Sheriff Eric Knox, on Thursday, July 18 at 10:41 p.m., Benton County Central Dispatch was notified of a stabbing that had just occurred at 33035 KK Highway, a rural Warsaw address.

Deputies arrived to find Douglas E. Roberts, 55, a resident of the address, sitting on his wife, Pamela E. Roberts, 55, also of the residence.

Douglas stated his wife Pamela stabbed him in the back two times with a large camping knife after he returned from walking by the lake with his dog. Douglas stated his wife was enraged about him being gone for so long.

Pamela was taken into custody without incident. She appeared to have no injuries and made several statements about being in disbelief that she had actually stabbed her husband. Both parties had been consuming alcohol.

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Pamela was taken to the Benton County Jail and placed on a 24-hour hold pending charges and Douglas was Life Flighted to an area hospital due to the severity and location of his injuries.

The Benton County Jail lists Roberts' age as 56. She was booked in at 10:49 p.m. Thursday.