LIMA — An Allen County grand jury will hear the case involving a 19-year-old Lima woman charged in the stabbing death of her boyfriend last month.
Autumn Spears appeared in Lima Municipal Court Wednesday for a preliminary hearing on a charge of murder. The case was bound over to the grand jury, which will decide whether to indict Spears in connection with the Sept. 25 stabbing death of Stephan Kimble-Childress, 27, of Toledo. The alleged incident took place at the Lima West Apartments, 1855 N. Cole St., Lima.
According to the initial report filed by police, officers were dispatched to the apartments at approximately 2 a.m. Sept. 25 and found Kimble-Childress unconscious and suffering from obvious stab wounds. He was transported to St. Rita’s Medical Center, where he was pronounced dead shortly after his arrival.
Spears has claimed she acted in self-defense, but Lima Police Detective Steve Stechschulte testified Wednesday that there was “no indication of signs of abuse” toward Spears following the stabbing. Stechschulte said Kimble-Childress was stabbed “at least twice, maybe three times, and at least one of the stab wounds was defensive” in nature.
Stechschulte also said Spears had previously been arrested in Toledo “for admittedly stabbing the father of her child.”
The $500,000 bond initially imposed on Spears was continued by the court during Wednesday’s hearing. She remains incarcerated in the Allen County jail.
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