A Florida lady goes on trial this week for the stabbing loss of life of her husband, which she waited greater than 11 hours to report.
Danielle Redlick, 48, is charged with second-degree homicide and tampering with bodily proof after the loss of life Jan. 11, 2019, of her husband, Michael Redlick, 65.
Opening statements Thursday are anticipated to concentrate on the bloody scene within the couple’s upscale Winter Park residence and the defendant’s altering story.
Within the courtroom for choice of the jury — 5 males, one lady — Danielle Redlick appeared a lot modified from her reserving mug, now sporting glasses and along with her hair lengthy and grey.
The arrest affidavit from 2019 says that when she lastly referred to as 911 the next morning, Redlick informed the dispatcher she thought her husband had died of a coronary heart assault. Police arrived to seek out bloody towels, bloody footprints and the sturdy scent of bleach. Michael Redlick, on the lounge ground, had stab wounds to his torso.
His spouse then claimed that the sufferer had stabbed himself throughout an argument. She stated she didn’t report it instantly as a result of she couldn’t discover her cellphone.
Cellphone data point out that two hours earlier than she referred to as 911, Danielle Redlick used her cellphone to verify a relationship app, the police affidavit stated.
Michael Redlick had been an government with the Cleveland Browns and the Memphis Grizzlies and on the time of his loss of life was an administrator for the sports activities enterprise administration program on the College of Central Florida.
TV station WFTV reported that he met Danielle, 20 years his junior, when he was married to her mom, Kathleen Aquino. After Aquino died of most cancers, Michael and Danielle married in 2004. They'd two kids, ages 15 and 11 on the time of the killing. Danielle listed her occupation as an unemployed communications skilled and photographer.
In March 2018, Danielle Redlick filed for divorce however didn't take subsequent steps, and a decide dismissed the petition. The couple have been once more residing collectively in January 2019.
Redlick informed investigators that two days earlier than his loss of life, her husband discovered flirty textual content messages she had despatched one other man, and that they'd been arguing.
On the evening he died, she stated, he began a combat by spitting a bit of hamburger in her face. She stated she grabbed a knife to defend herself and her husband took it away. She fled to the lavatory, she stated, and when she got here out she discovered her husband mendacity bloody on the lounge ground. She stated she tried CPR however then fell asleep.
The subsequent morning, she awoke, noticed the physique, slit her wrists and referred to as 911. Of her husband, she informed the dispatcher, “He’s stiff and he might need had a coronary heart assault, I don’t know.”
Her self-inflicted cuts have been superficial, and she or he required no medical remedy.