Tavowia Hinton (Johnson)
George Deramus, 60, was stabbed to death Sunday night, and his wife Tavowia Hinton (Johnson), 49, has been arrested.
Ms. Hinton said she stabbed her husband after being attacked by him.
At approximately 10:47 p.m., Chattanooga Police responded to the report of a stabbing in the 3900 block of Merrywood Lane. Officers arrived and found Mr.
Demarus in a bedroom unresponsive with several stab wounds. Hamilton County EMS responded and pronounced him deceased.
An investigator found the victim lying on his back. He had stab wounds to the front of his right shoulder, to his right side and to the back of his neck.
Ms. Hinton told police they had gotten into an argument in her bedroom. She said she was grabbed by her husband and thrown to the wall. She said she landed on the bed. She said he then got on top of her and began to choke her with two hands.
She said she was able to roll away from him and got off the bed on the side closest to the bedroom door. She said her husband got off the bed on the other side.
Ms. Hinton said she got a knife from a dresser drawer in her bedroom, then put it in the waist band of her pants. She said she walked around the bed toward Mr. Deramus and he walked around the opposite side of the bed.
She said when they met at the foot of the bed she pulled out the knife. She said she stabbed him once in the shoulder and they both fell to the floor. She said she had no idea how he had sustained the other two wounds.
Police said there was no sign of an injury to Ms. Hinton.
Ms. Hinton was charged with criminal homicide.