Woman ‘slit boyfriend’s throat with knife, then sipped tea in blood-soaked room’
Averil Belivea reportedly waited 36 hours to report her boyfriend's killing, and has been accused of lying that she acted in self-defense
A woman murdered her boyfriend by slashing his throat from behind, then sat and drank tea in his blood-soaked living room, police say.
Averil Beliveau, 30, denies the murder of Cameron Faling, 45, at his studio apartment in Burlington, Vermont, last Thursday night, and claims she acted in self-defense.
After killing Faling, Beliveau is accused of returning home to her parents’ house to change clothes, then returning again to Faling’s cramped home to spend the night close to his corpse.
Beliveau finally called police around 7am on Saturday morning, and reportedly declared that she’d ‘slit his neck’ on being asked about Faling’s injuries.
Officers who rushed to the scene discovered her drinking a cup of tea surrounded by evidence of the horrific bloodbath, WCAX reported.
The alleged murderess told police she’d slashed Faling to death after he tried to choke her.
Beliveau later told police that she and Faling would argue about chores, and that she was angry at him for refusing to buy her pot, court documents claim.
But prosecutor Sarah George cast doubt on Beliveu’s self-defense claims during a court hearing Monday after explaining that Faling was the only person who had defensive wounds.
George said: ‘Don’t think the evidence matches the statements.’
Opposing bail for Beliveau, George added: ‘There are some concerns about her mental health.
‘That could make her a danger to the public.’
Beliveau has been charged with second-degree murder and is being held without bail ahead of her next court appearance.