Man Hangs Himself After Stabbing Wife To Death

"KATY, TX — A man killed his wife, then himself, at a home in Fort Bend County, authorities said Monday.

"Two young children who were in the Katy area home were not injured.

"Authorities went to the home in the 4500 block of Ferndale Meadows about 7:50 a.m. Monday after a Fort Bend County Sheriff's Office dispatcher received a call from a man who said he had killed his wife, officials said.

"Deputies discovered the man and woman both dead in the home in the Woodlake Estates area of Cinco Ranch.

"Two children, 1 and 4, were found in the home unharmed.

"Fort Bend County sheriff's spokesman Bob Haenel [said] the woman was stabbed with a knife and her husband then hung himself. The identity of the couple was not released.

"Haenel said the children have been turned over to family members.

"The case remains under investigation."

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