Ga. man who stabbed wife to death 10 days after their wedding convicted in 15 minutes
By WSBTV.com News Staff
August 23, 2023 at 12:16 pm EDT
HOUSTON COUNTY, Ga. — A 24-year-old man accused of stabbing his wife to death learned his fate earlier this month.
Fifteen minutes. That is all the time it took for a Houston County jury to render a verdict in the case of Matthew Jamal Kendrick, 24.
Kendrick’s case transpired on January 22, 2022, after officials said he made a 911 call stating that he stabbed his wife, Shateria Watkins, 20.
The stabbing happened in the Creekwood Park parking lot in Perry, Ga. According to Perry Police, Kendrick claimed self-defense, saying that Watkins tried to run him over with his car.
During the investigation, the Perry Police Department retrieved a video from one of the park’s cameras, that reportedly showed Kendrick and Watkins inside Kendrick’s parked car.
Police said Kendrick got out of the parked car, forcefully pulled open a car door and stabbed his wife, Watkins nine times.
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