A Massachusetts man stabbed his mother’s boyfriend 17 times and doused his lifeless body with lighter fluid after an argument over steaks over the weekend, a prosecutor said Monday.
Andrew Horsman, 41, was arraigned in Wareham District Court on a charge of murder in the death of 66-year-old Paul Pomerleau. A plea of not guilty was entered on his behalf.
Officers responded around 8 p.m. Saturday after the victim’s daughter, Jasmine Pomerleau, called 911 to report a fight that ended in a stabbing, Assistant Plymouth District Attorney Nicole Piacentini told the court.
When officers arrived at the scene, they found Pomerleau on the floor in the home’s mudroom “surrounded by a substantial amount of blood,” a knife, and a gallon of lighter fluid, according to Piacentini.
Piacentini said Pomerleau was rushed to Taunton’s Morton Hospital with 10 stab wounds to his torso, two to his right arm, and five to his back, all of which were one inch in length. Doctors pronounced him dead.
The victim’s son, Jamie Pomerleau, told state police investigators that the family was cooking steaks when his father and Horsman began arguing.
Continue reading“Words were exchanged between Paul and Andrew. Paul was sitting on the couch, Andrew on the other side of the room,” Piacentini told the court. “Andrew, without warning, according to Jamie, got up and walked over to Paul, and began to stab him multiple times.”
Mass. man stabbed mom’s boyfriend 17 times after argument over steaks, prosecutor says
The suspect allegedly doused the victim's body with lighter fluid after the stabbing.
