Stabbing Suspect Charged With MurderOne man is dead and two others are injured after a Tuesday morning stabbing at a Warsaw home.
The suspect, Vickie Louise Wooldridge, 44, of 19 M Dee Acres, Nappanee, was taken into custody by police after a two-hour manhunt in the area of Westside Drive. She was found walking along the side of the road southwest of the scene, 2501 Westside Drive, according to police.
Wooldridge was booked in the Kosciusko County Jail at 12:56 p.m. Tuesday and charged with murder. No bond was set by prosecutors.
Kosciusko County Sheriff’s Office Public Information Officer Sgt. Chris Francis said shortly before 10 a.m. Tuesday, a 911 call came in reporting multiple stabbing victims at the home. Initial arriving officers located three victims at the scene and began gathering information on the suspect.
Multiple agencies, including a helicopter from the Indiana State Police, immediately converged on the vicinity and began a search pattern. Police briefly blocked off access to Fox Farm Road as the search got underway.
At noon, Wooldridge was located and booked in the Kosciusko County Jail.
Francis confirmed Tuesday afternoon that one of the victims had died from his injuries, and the two others injured suffered non-life-threatening injuries. An autopsy is scheduled for Wednesday, Francis said, and no further information will be released until after that.
While the suspect was on the loose, Warsaw Community Schools had a brief lockdown districtwide that was later lifted once Wooldridge was arrested.
Responding agencies to the scene include KCSO, Warsaw Police Department, Winona Lake Police Department, Pierceton Police Department, Mentone Police Department, Indiana State Police, Lutheran EMS, Lutheran Air Ambulance, Warsaw-Wayne Fire Territory and the Kosciusko County Coroner’s Office.
