Updated at 5:10 p.m., Thursday, January 10, 2008
Husband arrested in fatal Kalihi stabbing of wife
Advertiser Staff
The Honolulu Medical Examiner's office today identified the woman stabbed to death last night in Kalihi as Jenny T. Hartsock, 39.An autopsy listed cause of death as sharp force injury of the chest due to stab wounds of the torso and manner as homicide.
Police arrested Roy William Hartsock, 40, the woman's husband, at 10:27 p.m. on suspicion of second-degree murder.
Firefighters and Emergency Medical Services personnel responding to a medical call to 757 Gulick Avenue found Jenny Hartsock lying in the hallway fronting apartment 4, where she and her husband lived.
She was pronounced dead at 9:38 p.m.
According to police, witnesses heard Hartsock and her husband arguing and that she yelled for help.
Roy Hartsock left the scene. He went to a nearby fire station and said someone had stabbed his wife.
Hartsock was arrested at North King Street and Haka Drive.
Roy Hartsock is no stranger to police. He has 27 convictions dating back to August 1987 that include second-degree assault, first-degree burglary and second-degree robbery.
