UPDATED Dec. 16 2:53 p.m.: A 40-year-old man stabbed to death Wednesday in what appears to be a domestic dispute in East Lake Courts had a history of domestic violence, records show.
Marcus Allen was killed at a home on Sixth Avenue around 5:20 p.m., police said.
The mother of Allen’s child was taken into custody for questioning but has not been charged in connection with his death. Denisha Simmons, 33, instead was arrested Wednesday on outstanding warrants for a failure to appear charge, police said.
Records show Allen was charged with assaulting Simmons in April and again in August. He also pleaded guilty to two counts of domestic assault in 1999.
In April, officers responded to the home on Sixth Avenue and found Simmons with obvious injuries – a large knot above her right eye, a swollen eye, a knot above her left temple and scratches on her face and neck, records show.