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A woman was arrested Saturday in Louisiana in connection with the fatal stabbing of a man in Arlington earlier this month, police said.
Leah Franklin, 31, faces a murder charge in the Jan. 11 death of Antonio Daniel Merle.
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Merle died at a hospital after he was stabbed in the chest in the 5700 block of Prescott Drive, near Green Oaks Boulevard and New York Avenue, according to the Tarrant County medical examiner’s office.
Court records show Franklin was indicted in November 2019 on an aggravated assault with a deadly weapon charge. In that case, she was accused of hitting Merle with a metal broom while she was brandishing a knife, according to the criminal complaint.
That case was listed as a family-violence incident in court and police records. Police did not specify any relationship between Franklin and Merle.
Authorities did not immediately respond to questions about why Franklin was arrested in Louisiana. Caddo Parish jail records show she has an Arlington address.
Authorities provided no details about what led to the stabbing.
Franklin will be extradited to Tarrant County, police said.