Woman Arrested in Boyfriend’s Stabbing Death in St. Paul

ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) - St. Paul police have arrested a 34-year-old woman in the stabbing death of her boyfriend.

Officers were called about a possible break-in at a house around 4:30 a.m. Thursday. Police arrived and found 30-year-old Obinna Udo Nwankpa of St. Paul lying on the basement steps with an apparent stab wound to his chest.

He was pronounced dead at Regions Hospital. A knife was reportedly recovered at the scene.

Police questioned a woman who lived at the home and who was identified by authorities as the man's girlfriend. She was arrested and booked into jail on suspicion of murder.

A police spokesman says police have responded to domestic disturbance calls at the house in the past.