Authorities: Stabbing Involved Returned Engagement Ring
Posted/updated on: July 21, 2011 at 3:30 pm
WHITEHOUSE (AP/Staff) – More information has emerged about what apparently prompted a stabbing incident in Whitehouse. Shaun Lawler, 32, of Whitehouse remains jailed on $300,000 bond in Smith County after authorities say he stabbed his fiancee as she returned an engagement ring. Lawler turned himself in to authorities Monday night after an argument turned violent. It happened around 10:45 Monday morning at a business at the intersection of Highway 110 and Hagan Road in Whitehouse. Police say Lawler attacked the victim, stabbing her multiple times. The woman, Jessica Wimpee, 23, remained hospitalized following emergency surgery.
