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DECATUR, Ala. (WHNT) — Court documents are shedding light on the gruesome details that led to a Decatur woman being charged with two murders and domestic violence.
Court records state that Mary Hughes stabbed a man on East Moulton Street 22 times in the neck with a box cutter-style weapon. Decatur Police found the man on September 1 after being called to his apartment.
DECATUR PD: Woman charged with murder following two separate death investigations Hughes was found with the man’s belongings while under arrest for a separate assault charge, according to court documents.
News 19 discovered details surrounding that assault as well.
On Aug. 25, Decatur police officers responded to a stabbing call at a home on Ororke Lane. An adult man was found with multiple lacerations. At the time, the man was taken to Huntsville Hospital for treatment.
Police say a woman, identified as Mary Hughes, was also at the home when they arrived. Following an investigation, Hughes was charged with domestic violence – assault and taken to the Morgan County Jail on a $10,000 bond.
Hughes bonded out on Aug. 28.
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Court documents show that the man, who Hughes was in a dating relationship with, was found with multiple stab wounds. He says he arrived at Hughes’s apartment, preparing to paint a room when she randomly stabbed him.
The man said Hughes also hit him with a metal baseball bat. According to court documents, the man is in stable condition and is expected to survive.
On Aug. 31, officers responded to a call about an assault on Line Street and Market Street. The report said that a woman had attacked an elderly woman with a hammer before leaving the scene in a vehicle. Witnesses were able to follow her until officers arrived.
The injured woman was identified as Mimi Marquette. She was taken to Huntsville Hospital for treatment. While on scene, officers were able to identify the suspect again as Hughes.
She was arrested and charged with first-degree assault. She was again taken to the Morgan County Jail and her bond was set to $50,000.
Officers received a call on Thursday, Sept. 5, that Marquette had died from her injuries. Hughes’s bond was raised to $100,000 and her charge was changed to murder. The investigation into Jefferson’s death also revealed that Hughes was a suspect in his murder as well.
Hughes is set to appear in court for an Aninah’s Law hearing on September 12 at 9:30 A.M.
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