Toyboy, 58, shot wife, 86, dead, then told police: ‘It was complicated’
A 58 year-old husband shot his 86 year-old wife in the face and killed her, before telling police: ‘It was complicated,’ officials say. Brian Chapman is accused of shooting wheelchair-user wife Princess at their home in York County, Virginia, on March 27.
After the alleged murder, he reportedly dialed 911 and told the call dispatcher that ‘he just shot his wife,’ before offering the excuse about the situation being ‘complicated.’
Cops were dispatched to the couple’s home, where Princess was found dead in the dining room. Chapman was stood outside holding a phone when they arrived, and was arrested without incident.
York Poquoson Sheriff’s Captain Troy Lyons told the Daily Press that Patterson hadn’t made further statements about the killing, and added: ‘We don’t have a motive as of yet.’ He later described the alleged murder as a ‘domestic incident.’
Patterson has been charged with second-degree murder and was ordered held without bond at a court hearing earlier this week.
Neighbor Barbara Brown, 77, told the Daily Press that she would wave to the Chapmans as they passed, adding: ‘They have been in our neighborhood for a few years, but they kept to themselves.’
An online obituary for Princess explained how she’d worked as a dental assistant before her retirement, and that she was also an ordained minister ‘who loved doing the Lord’s work.’
It said: ‘She loved her family dearly and leaves fond memories with two sisters, a host of nieces, nephews, great-nieces, great-nephews, other relatives, and friends.’