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A graduate of a North Carolina Bible College who said he took too much cold medicine the night his wife was stabbed to death, she pleaded guilty to first degree murder on Friday.
Matthew Phelps, 29, aspiring preacher, called 911 on September 1, 2017 and told the authorities that he thought he may have killed his wife, 29-year-old Lauren Hugelmaier Phelps. She was found with 123 stab wounds and a wound in her body. The couple had been married for less than a year.
A MAN WHO BLAWED THE COLD MEDS AFTER THE WOMAN KILLED STRONGLY WAS A WIND OF "PSYCHO AMERICAN", SAY THE INVESTIGATORS
"I think I killed my … there is blood all over me … and there is a bloody knife on the bed.I think I did it", said Phelps at the phone call, adding that he had taken too much of Coricidin Cough and Cold.
On Friday, a blood test showed cough medicines in Phelps' body, but "not a toxic amount that would cause vertigo or hallucinations," prosecutors said, according to The News & Observer. Prosecutors also said Friday that Phelps was abusive towards his first wife and would have dragged her by the hair in a hallway. Both divorced after the alleged incident.
Phelps began his relationship with his future wife, whom he'd known since college, when he contacted her via Instagram. Phelps's friends told investigators that the couple often quarreled and that they were facing financial difficulties, according to court documents. The search warrants also showed that Phelps was obsessed with the main character of the movie "American Psycho".
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"We learned that Matthew Phelps was obsessed with the movie" American Psycho "and this Instagram account shows many pictures of scenes from the film and Phelps disguised as the main character," wrote a detective in documents filed at the county magistrate's office from Wake. "The movie is about a serial killer, and Phelps has expressed his interest to a friend regarding what it would be to kill someone."
Phelps will serve life imprisonment without the possibility of parole as part of the advocacy.
"He's asking to go to jail to avoid the risk of death," Phelps' lawyer Elliot Abrams told The News & Observer newspaper.
Nicole Darrah from Fox News contributed to this report.
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