MURFREESBORO, Tenn. – WGNS has more details on a murder that took place in a normally peaceful neighborhood - a murder that remains under investigation. Police say the suspect allegedly murdered his wife just 6-days after his 80th birthday. The murder took place in the couples 2-story home located on Swanson Drive, which is off Rucker Lane near Highway 96 (Franklin Road) in Murfreesboro.
Rutherford County District Attorney Jennings Jones explains what police discovered when .
Phokam Saysourinho, 80, was arrested during a traffic stop after police found his wife dead with apparent stab wounds in their garage in Murfreesboro, Tennessee.
MURFREESBORO, Tenn. – The Murfreesboro Police Department Criminal Investigations Division responded to an unknown problem at a home in West Murfreesboro that ended with a homicide investigation involving a husband accused of killing his wife on Thursday, March 16, 2023.
Police charged the husband, 80-year-old Phokam Saysourinho, with first-degree murder. The MPD said that he had left the scene prior to police arriving. Police later arrested him after conducting a traffic stop in the .