EVERETT, Wash. (AP) — An Everett, Wash., woman accused of fatally shooting her husband in the head has been charged with second-degree manslaughter.
In a related development, Everett police obtained a search warrant to photograph the woman, Melissa Blatchford, for any evidence she had been assaulted before the Dec. 30 shooting.
The Daily Herald reports (http://is.gd/eKBgXK) that a neighbor told detectives he heard the couple arguing in their apartment. He reported hearing screaming and loud thumps.
Officers found 42-year-old Quinton Blatchford with a gunshot wound to the head. He died Saturday in a hospital.
