Man Confesses to Stabbing His Wife to Death in Davie, Police Say
Posted on: Thursday, 23 March 2006, 18:00 CST
By Wanda J. Demarzo, The Miami Herald
Mar. 23--A 21-year-old Davie man has confessed to stabbing his wife to death, according to police.
Daniel Palcu is charged with second-degree murder for the slaying of his wife, Christie Palcu, Davie police spokesman Lt. Bill Bamford said.
Palcu, who works as a tennis instructor in Boca Raton, murdered his wife shortly after midnight Thursday in the efficiency the couple shared at 4100 S.W. 95th Avenue in Davie, Bamford said.
Shortly after stabbing his 26-year-old wife multiple times, Palcu wandered down Southwest 95th Avenue to a neighbor's home and banged on the door, police said.
Palcu, naked and covered in blood, told the neighbor that "something has gone terribly wrong. I did something terrible," Bamford said.
The neighbor, who lives near the 4300 block of Southwest 95th Avenue immediately called police.
When officers arrived, they found Palcu wandering around the street, speaking incoherently.
Inside the apartment, police found Christie Palcu lying naked in a pool of blood. None of the neighbors, including the homeowners next to the small efficiency, heard any disturbance, Bamford said.
Yellow crime scene tape blocked the dead-end street for hours while crime scene investigators gathered evidence from the bloody apartment.
Neighbors, who told police that Daniel Palcu had been acting a little "wacky" the last couple of days, stood outside their well-maintained homes and watched as police combed the street for any evidence.
"It's a little daunting, a little troublesome," said Michael Axelrod, who lives a couple of homes away from where the murder took place.
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