“I killed him. I am the devil.”

[EyEgOrE]

A Las Vegas woman is facing a murder charge after authorities allege she stabbed her husband to death in front of their three children.

Octavia Carter, 40, allegedly stabbed her husband, 50-year-old Johnny Franklin, several times in the neck and chest. According to an arrest report obtained by the Las Vegas Review Journal, the incident occurred at the Budget Suites of America, less than a mile from the Las Vegas Strip.

The couples’ three children, ages 8, 10 and 11, were in the suite at the time of the killing, police say.

According to the arrest report, police arrived at the suite and found Carter “covered in blood.” Her husband was unresponsive on the floor next to the bed. Paramedics attempted to revive him, but he was pronounced dead at the scene.


“I killed him,” Carter allegedly told paramedics, according to the report. “I am the devil. God made me this way.”

According to 8NewsNow.com, paramedics told police that Carter allegedly admitted to killing her husband. Another paramedic spoke to the children, according to the police report. One allegedly told paramedics, “Mommy was squeezing daddy very tight and stabbed daddy.” The children have been placed with social services.

That same paramedic allegedly asked Carter why she stabbed her husband. According to the police report, Carter allegedly told the paramedic, “He gave my son AIDS, that’s why I stabbed him.” Carter allegedly said that she believed her husband was gay, the report states.

Detectives got a search warrant for the suite, and found a butcher knife and a smaller kitchen knife. Both weapons had blood on them. They have been sent to a lab for DNA testing.

Octavia Carter has been booked into the Clark County Detention Center on charges of Murder with a Deadly Weapon. PEOPLE confirms that she is being held without bond and has not yet entered a plea. Court records do not reflect an attorney authorized to speak on her behalf.

Nev. Wife Allegedly Stabbed Husband to Death in Front of Kids, Told Paramedics 'I Am the Devil'

Octavia Carter has been booked into the Clark County Detention Center on a murder charge

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[Sejanus]

Hotel living.
It'll kill ya.

 

[Old Man Metal]

“I killed him,” Carter allegedly told paramedics, according to the report. “I am the devil. God made me this way.”

Well, yes and no. And maybe.

 

[Sevens My Charm]

Police said three young children, ranging from ages 8 to 11, ran from their suite to the management office, telling staff their father was injured and bleeding from his legs.

When staff called 911, the dispatcher overheard one of the children say their father was cut and not breathing.

A woman who told first responders she was "the devil" after allegedly stabbing her husband to death wasn't in court Tuesday or Wednesday because she refused to go.

According to court records, 40-year-old Octavia Carter didn't appear in court Dec. 17 because she refused transport. Judicial Officer Elana Graham denied Carter bail and scheduled another hearing for Dec. 18, court records indicate.

At Carter's hearing on Dec. 18, she refused to appear again. Carter was appointed a public defender in the hearing and was set for a court appearance on Dec. 24 in district court for a competency hearing.

Redirect Notice

 

[Old Man Metal]

According to court records, 40-year-old Octavia Carter didn't appear in court Dec. 17 because she refused transport.

That's the problem with putting The Devil on trial. Devil don't wanna go, what you gonna do?

 

[Bobbo]

I always thought the devil was thinner.

 

[Muriel Schwenck]

Those children lived a life of cowering and cringing but rarely cuddling.

 

[Brillig]

Tex, is that you?


(Or is somebody stealing your line)

 

[Inferus]

Unless the Devil put you on a house breaking streak to follow, then I blame mundane human imperfection. Devil has tastier opportunities than a spurned wife.

 

[NeonPeaches]

The devil would have a much nicer wig than that.