Utah man stabs wife to death in front of son, arrested with bloodied hands

5years ago

West Valley news, Utah news.

West Valley police officers responded to an emergency call from a little boy who discovered his friend's mother bleeding to death when he went to visit him.

Responding officers found 46-year-old Belinda Thomas stabbed and bleeding, and they couldn't revive her.

The victim's 5-year-old son told police he witnessed the stabbing of his mother and identified the suspect as Darren Byrd, 50, who chased the kid after his crime in an attempt to kill him as well.

Authorities arrested the suspect with his hands still bloodied. The child has been taken into the Department of Child and Family services' custody.

Byrd was charged with aggravated murder, domestic violence, child abuse, obstruction of justice, domestic violence in the presence of a child and possession of a weapon by a restricted person.