A South Carolina woman stabbed her boyfriend to death after finding incriminating text messages in his phone.
Investigators say 23-year-old Courtney Price of Orangeburg, S.C. stabbed boyfriend and father of her infant son, Samuel Denzel Simmons, 24. According to the police report, Price went through Simmons’ phone and found messages from another woman that stated he had fathered another child. The report also stated she “had enough of his abuse” and she “cut him.”
“Once [police] made contact with her she informed them that there was a gentleman upstairs that had been stabbed,” said Lt. Alfred Alexander of the Orangeburg Department of Public Safety. “Our officers went upstairs, found Mr. Simmons laying on the floor between the bed and the dresser drawer.”
Emergency Medical Services pronounced Simmons dead once they arrived.
Alexander said that he found no criminal history for Price or Simmons, nor was there any prior history of police being called to their residence. A check of two other address listings for Simmons yielded no history of police calls either.
Price is in custody awaiting a bond hearing. The couple’s son is with Price’s mother.