A 68-year-old Wai‘anae woman pleaded not guilty yesterday to a charge of second-degree murder in the Feb. 7 stabbing death of her husband.

Deputy public defender Todd Eddins has said he would pursue an insanity defense for Catherine T. Nakamura, who has a history of mental illness, according to court records.

According to a police affidavit, Nakamura told a police officer that she "knifed my husband," 68-year-old George M. Nakamura.

Catherine Nakamura is being held in lieu of $100,000 bond.

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