His Wife, 81, Made Him Pancakes, And He Didn’t Want To Eat Them, So He Stabbed Her To Death

An 85-year-old man has been arrested for allegedly stabbing his wife to death because he didn’t want to eat the pancakes she made for him.

Steven Schwartz is now facing murder charges for the death of his wife, Sharron Schwartz, 81, as announced by the US Attorney’s Office for the District of Columbia.

Their statement reads that the defendant didn’t want to eat the pancakes she made and so he stabbed her in the back.

The alleged murder occurred on Sunday afternoon at the couple’s home on Corcoran Street in northwest Washington, DC.

When officers arrived at the location, they discovered Sharron inside the apartment with stab wounds, and Steven had self-inflicted injuries, the Metropolitan Police Department in Washington said.

Both elders were rushed to a nearby hospital for treatment, but Sharron was later pronounced dead.

According to a police affidavit obtained by the Washington Post, Steven told detectives he ‘loved that woman for 40 years’.

The 85-year-old defendant said that he had lost 45-50 lbs in the hospital in recent months due to physical and psychiatric disorders.

The affidavit read that Steven said that his wife wanted him to get back to 180lbs.

In an interview with Detective Jeffery Clay, Steven described his wife as a bit of a taskmaster but said she was doing it for his benefit. That she loved him so much that she wanted him to be well and that she wanted her partner and protector back, Steven told officers.

The argument began on Sunday morning when Sharon asked the defendant if he was going to have breakfast.

Steven responded by saying that he’d had a quarter of a Krispy Kreme doughnut the day before.

Steven said he told his wife that he would try to eat a pancake with not too much syrup, but later changed his mind.

The affidavit said that the next thing he heard was a plate crashing against the wall and after he reached and grabbed a carving knife from a holder.

A postmortem report later found Sharron was stabbed once in the back and the blade pierced her heart.

Police on the scene said that Steven was clutching a knife and refused to let go of it until an officer used a taser to subdue him.

Steven allegedly told police that he leaned down and kissed his wife as she lay on the floor, and said it was the most beautiful kiss.

This man evidently had mental health problems, perhaps Alzheimer’s or dementia, and people who do these sorts of things are usually totally shocked by what they’ve done. Numerous families who have a relative or loved one with the illness have to deal with all sudden violent episodes with them.

Yes, I agree. What the man did was bad, but we also need to have understanding and compassion as well. They were married for an extremely long time, and his mental health might have waned a bit, but it always comes back to bite them on the arse. However, people should not make jokes about what has occurred.

I’m going to say that dementia did play a part in this because impulse clearly took control, and although this woman didn’t deserve to die this horrific death as his wife and caregiver. She chose to do it because she loved her husband, and we must remember that if this man does have dementia or Alzheimer’s disease, it is such a horrible disease, and this would have been a lousy situation.