People v. Tisi

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On the evening of April 19, 1967, James Phares left his home in Warren, Michigan, to go to work. At about 7 o’clock tbe following morning when he returned, he found his wife, Judy Ann Phares, lying in a pool of blood on the kitchen floor. She was dead of multiple stab wounds.

An immediate investigation was begun by the police. Detective John Spence observed the body of Judy Ann Phares, noted she had been stabbed to death, and determined that the murder weapon was probably a large type knife. Arnold Skalski, the next door neighbor, was questioned at about 1 p.m. Since he was a deaf-mute, an…