Jun 15, 2008 1:50 pm US/Mountain
Suspect Has History Of Trying To Stab Husband
DENVER (AP) ―
A woman suspected of stabbing a man to death this week has a 21-year history of threatening people with knives and was twice charged with attempted murder for stabbing her husband.
Audrey Eve Cahow, 51, was arrested Thursday for investigation of the first-degree in the death of Anthony Martinez, 62, Denver police spokesman John White said.
Cahow also suffered stab wounds and was sent to Denver Health Medical Center's intensive care unit.
"I don't know how she was stabbed," said Capt. Frank Gale, a spokesman for the Denver County Jail.
Investigators believe Cahow and Martinez were arguing when Cahow stabbed him. Martinez died of a single stab wound to the chest and heart.
In 1987, Cahow was charged with attempted murder for stabbing her husband, Paul Vaughn, who was then 62. She pleaded guilty to second-degree assault and sentenced to two years' probation.
Three years later, police said she admitted stabbing Vaughn five times after he pointed his finger in her face. She again pleaded guilty to assault and was sentenced to six years of intensive probation.
According to Denver District Court records, in 1999 Cahow sneaked into the emergency room at St. Joseph Hospital and threatened a woman with a 16-inch knife, demanding to see a doctor for a hand injury.
She was charged with felony menacing with a deadly weapon and five more years of intensive probation. She was later sent to prison for 18 months for violating probation conditions.
Cahow was also sentenced to 10 days of jail for chasing a neighbor with a knife on July 22, 2004.
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