LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) - An Oklahoma man is accused of paying a relative $200 and meth to cut off his wife’s hair and scar her face in a stabbing in Nebraska in 2016.
Eddy Stabler, 47, of Lawton, Oklahoma, was charged Wednesday with second-degree assault and use of a deadly weapon to commit a felony, The Lincoln Journal Star reports .
Jacinda Welsch Stabler, 32, awoke in the early hours of May 29, 2016, to find someone attacking her, an arrest affidavit said. Welsch Stabler said she spent two nights in the hospital and required more than 30 staples to fix the stab wounds on her head, back and right hand.
She told investigators she didn’t recognize the attacker.
Welsch Stabler was divorcing Eddy Stabler but didn’t believe her husband was the attacker, the affidavit said. An anonymous tip led authorities to arrest Athea Stabler, a relative of Eddy Stabler, in July 2016. Authorities believe he was upset about the pending divorce and had Athea Stabler carry out the assault. Police believe they spent weeks planning the attack.
The divorce was never finalized. The couple now lives separately in Oklahoma.
Athea Stabler, 31, of Bertrand, has pleaded not guilty. She’s awaiting trial on charges of second-degree assault, burglary and use of a deadly weapon to commit a felony in Lancaster County District Court.
Eddy Stabler is in Comanche County jail in Lawton pending extradition. Court records don’t list an attorney for him.
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Information from: Lincoln Journal Star, http://www.journalstar.com
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