ARLINGTON, Texas (CBSDFW.COM) — The United States Marshal’s Service in Shreveport, Louisiana, arrested a 31-year-old woman for the stabbing death of Antonio Merle, who was murdered in Arlington last weekend.
Just before 2:45 a.m. Jan. 11, police responded to a reported stabbing in the 5700 block of Prescott Drive. Officers said Merle was found and shortly transported to a local hospital where he later died.
Detectives quickly determined that Leah Franklin was the only suspect involved in the case, and arrested and charged her with murder a little over a week later on Jan. 18.
Leah Franklin (Caddo Parish Jail)
Franklin is currently in the Shreveport Jail pending extradition back to Tarrant County.