RICHMOND, Ind. — A Richmond man is under arrest for murder after police received a call about a man threatening a woman with a knife and arrived to find the woman dead.
Tommy Wayne Earl, 67, is being held in the Wayne County Jail on a preliminary charge of murder.
Police said officers were called to a home on S. 14th Street in Richmond on Friday at approximately 1:40 p.m. and found the deceased victim. A caller originally told dispatch that a man had been threatening a woman with a knife at the address and that the woman may have been cut.
Police said several bystanders were attempting to subdue Earl a short distance down the street when officers arrived on scene.
He was taken into custody without incident.
Police identified the deceased as 59-year-old Michelle Dionne Peacock of Richmond.
