Leavenworth woman charged with murder in fiancé’s stabbing death, prosecutor says
A woman has been arrested on accusations that she fatally stabbed her fiancé Saturday morning in Leavenworth, police said.
Officers were called to the stabbing shortly before 1 a.m. at a residence in the 2500 block of Fourth Avenue, where they found a wounded 44-year-old Jerrold Rhodes, according to the Leavenworth Police Department.
Medical personnel performed life-saving measures on Rhodes, but he died at the scene, Police Chief Pat Kitchens said.
The 39-year-old suspect, Eva Banks, was taken into custody at the scene, Kitchens said. The focus of the police investigation, he said, was “domestic violence.”
Banks has been charged with second-degree murder, according to Leavenworth County Attorney Todd Thompson.
The homicide marked the third this year in Leavenworth, according to data maintained by The Star.
This story was originally published June 14, 2021 at 12:04 PM.
