An aspiring pastor who accused himself of having stabbed his wife in his sleep, has blamed the chilling murder on cold medicine.
28-year-old Matthew Phelps was arrested after he called 911 early in the morning on September 1.
“I think I killed my.. (redacted). I had a dream [breathing heavily] and then I turned on the lights and she’s dead on the floor,” said Phelps.
“I have blood all over me and there’s a bloody knife on the bed. I think I did it. I can’t believe this?”
Phelps said that he had taken cough medicine before going to bed in order to aid his sleep. When he had awoken he then noticed he had killed his wife.
“I took Coricidin cough and cold,” Phelps said. “I know it can make you feel good. So a lot of times I can’t sleep at night. she’s not moving at all [crying] oh my god. She didn’t deserve this. [sobbing uncontrollably]”
Officers arrived at the home just after 1:15 a.m. and discovered 29-year-old Lauren Phelps with multiple stab wounds.
“He qualifies that yes it does look like I did kill her,” said an officer on the scene. “The knife is here – I have blood all over me. However, this medicine made me do it. That’s not an uncommon way for people in his position to respond”
There’s no proof that the medicine caused him to commit the crime and Matthew Phelps is still being held on murder charges.
