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Woman in US stabs boyfriend to death with her stiletto heel

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Press Trust of India Houston
A 44-year-old woman in the US has fatally stabbed her boyfriend to death with a stiletto high heel after an argument.

Houston Police charged Ana Trujillo with murder by high heels. Trujillo reportedly told investigators that she stabbed the man in self-defense.

The victim suffered multiple stab wounds to the head and was pronounced dead at the scene, Houston Police Department said in a statement.

Police said they responded to a report of an assault at the Parklane high-rise condominium complex in Houston's Theatre District on early Sunday.

Trujillo opened the door for police, who discovered the man's body on the floor, the statement said.
 

Trujillo was detained at the scene and questioned by Homicide Division investigators. She was subsequently charged with using a stiletto heel to fatally stab the victim.

She will return to court tomorrow after being released from Harris Country Jail on USD 100,000 bond, ABC report said.

ABC News identified the victim as 59-year-old Alf Stefan Andersson, a research professor at the University of Houston Centre for Nuclear Receptors and Cell Signaling.

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First Published: Jun 11 2013 | 6:05 PM IST

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