Overview

• Police say Lucia Salemme, 58, called 113 around 3 a.m. from the Forcella apartment after the stabbing.
• She told officers she had previously endured threats and that her husband, Ciro Rapuano, 59, cut her with a knife during a bedroom dispute.
• Investigators report she seized a second knife hidden under a pillow and stabbed him multiple times, including in the back.
• Doctors sutured a deep wound on her arm with more than 30 stitches, and checks turned up no prior complaints involving the couple.
• A grown daughter and a 7-year-old granddaughter were in the home, and further details could emerge at the judge’s custody hearing.