A husband in Ohio has been charged with homicide after he claimed that his late spouse stabbed herself 17 instances.
Kyle Lengthy was arrested on Wednesday, March 4, after he allegedly murdered his spouse, Rachel Lengthyinside their house in London, Ohio, on the afternoon of October 23, 2025.
Kyle, 35, instructed police that Rachel returned house from work on the day of her dying and went into the grasp lavatory as he labored at his desk, in line with an arrest warrant seen by the New York Submit. He went on to assert that he noticed Rachel stab herself a number of instances within the neck and face.
Rachel was discovered on the toilet flooring subsequent to the bathroom in a pool of blood, and the courtroom report acknowledged that she sustained stab wounds on her face, arms and fingers. Police pronounced Rachel lifeless on the scene after they reported to the house.
Police ordered Kyle to take off his garments so they might take a look at the articles for DNA and doc any accidents he had on the time of the incident. He was then dropped at the Madison County Sheriff’s Workplace for questioning, the place he instructed authorities that Rachel had requested for a separation.
The timeline of when Rachel requested for a separation and her dying just isn’t at the moment clear.
An investigation was launched into Rachel’s dying, and officers recovered textual content messages she despatched to a good friend shortly earlier than her dying. Officers famous that she didn’t appear suicidal within the trade and mentioned that the 2 ladies have been discussing the outfits they have been planning to put on to a live performance the following evening.
The final textual content message that Rachel despatched to her good friend was despatched 4 minutes earlier than a 911 name was constituted of Kyle’s telephone.
Kyle instructed police that he by no means referred to as 911 twice. Nevertheless, his telephone log revealed that he had positioned a name 4 minutes earlier than a second name to 911 was made.
Whereas talking to police for a second interview, Kyle offered “conflicting” solutions that didn’t line up along with his preliminary statements. Moreover, police mentioned that his claims conflicted with proof discovered inside his house that indicated there was a “battle between two people.”
Police accomplished a 360-degree scan of the home and concluded that Kyle couldn’t have seen his spouse stabbing herself from the place he claimed he was sitting.
Authorities additionally mentioned that Kyle claimed his spouse solely used her proper hand to stab herself, although an post-mortem of her physique uncovered a number of “defensive” wounds that might have been unimaginable for her to inflict with solely her proper hand.
The post-mortem additionally discovered 17 “sharp power accidents” on her physique. Her dying was in the end dominated a murder by the Montgomery County Coroner’s Workplace.
Kyle is at the moment being held on a $1.5 million bond, and it’s not at the moment clear if he has entered a plea. The Madison County Sheriff’s Workplace didn’t instantly reply to Us Weekly’s request for remark.
Rachel ran her personal pet grooming service, in line with her obituary. “An animal lover at coronary heart, she additionally was energetic in rescuing canines. She was an avid reader and beloved attending rock live shows,” her obituary acknowledged.