By Bill Lindelof and Matt Kawahara
blindelof@sacbee.com
A little girl escaped out a back window of the family home where her father is suspected of stabbing her mother this morning.
The 65-year-old man, who deputies declined to identify prior to booking, is suspected of stabbing his wife several times about 7 a.m. today in the couple's home in the 8000 block of Pinot Noir Way, near Elk Grove-Florin Road and Calvine Road.
The Sacramento County Sheriff's department received a call from a 10-year-old girl who said that her father was killing her mother.
The little girl had escaped from a window in the back of her home and run to a neighbor's house. When deputies arrived she told them she had heard her mother and father arguing and decided to climb out the window to safety.
Deputies, not knowing how dangerous entering the home would be, initially called for SWAT officers. However, a decision was later made by uniformed deputies to force entry before SWAT arrived.
Once inside, they saw the suspect in the entryway, according to Sheriff's Department spokesman Sgt. Tim Curran. The man did not comply with the deputies' demands, perhaps because the suspect did not speak English, said Curran.
Deputies deployed a Taser, but both probes did not hit the man, so the device had no effect. Instead, deputies overpowered the man.
On the floor nearby, was the man's wife, who is in her 60s. Paramedics arrived and pronounced her dead at the scene.
The little girl did not know her adopted mother's exact age. The mother's name was not released.
Call The Bee's Bill Lindelof, (916) 321-1079.
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