Overview

• Overseas relatives requested a welfare check at the 5700 block of Broken Spur Drive, prompting McKinney firefighters and police to force entry Friday evening.
• First responders found Eslam Mohamed, 42, on the living room couch with minor injuries and blood on his hands before he indicated someone was inside.
• Firefighters discovered Mohamed’s wife, 40-year-old Kubra Zafer, in the master bedroom closet with a fatal stab wound and recovered a knife nearby.
• Mohamed was treated at Medical City McKinney and subsequently booked into Collin County Jail on a formal murder charge.
• Investigators have not disclosed a motive or bond amount and are asking witnesses to contact the McKinney Police Department tip line.