Monica Delk
Site of fatal Chattanooga stabbing.A woman faces a homicide charge after she phoned police to tell them that she stabbed her ex-boyfriend to death, according to Chattanooga police.
Monica Delk, 35, who has no prior criminal record in Hamilton County, remained in jail Monday night on a $300,000 bond.
Delk was having an argument with 27-year-old Charles Brown IV when, she said, she stabbed him at least once in the chest about 8 p.m. Sunday inside her College Hill Courts residence, police department Public Information Officer Tim McFarland said in a news release.
Delk told police she stabbed Brown after an argument. The pair were in the kitchen when Brown began dumping garbage on the kitchen floor, according to the report.
She contacted her father-in-law after the incident. He came to her residence, and she used his cell phone to contact police. Police responded to her home at 1216 Grove St. Ct. Apt. 342 just after 6 a.m. Monday.