3 People Stabbed To Death At Dallas Home
Story updated 10:32 p.m.
DALLAS (CBSDFW.COM) - Three people were stabbed to death at a home in Dallas early Thursday morning. The incident happened about 6:30 a.m. in the 2100 block of Peavy Road, in the far east part of the city.
Police and three ambulances responded to reports of the crime, but there were no victims transported to the hospital.
Murder suspect William Palmer was arrested in Sachse, located about 20 miles northeast of Dallas. Cpl. Melinda Gutierrez with the Dallas Police Department said the victims were Palmer's wife and in-laws, 48-year-old Donya Palmer, 67-year-old Mary Jane Davis, and 69-year-old Raymond Leon Davis.
"Homicides detectives along with the medical examiner's office [and] our crime scene response team, are there processing the scene, gathering everything from blood evidence to fingerprints," explained Dallas Police Department Spokesman Joe Garza.
It's believed William and Donya Palmer were recently separated and that Donya Palmer had temporarily moved back in with her parents.
"At this time, it's too early in the investigation to know exactly what the motive is," Garza said.
Donya Palmer was a 1982 graduate of Lake Centennial High School in Garland and worked as a Business Systems Analyst at American Gypsum in Dallas.
The crime scene is directly across the street from Bryan Adams High School. Students and parents arriving there on Thursday morning slowed down to gaze at the police presence.
Authorities were alerted to the situation through a 911 call made by Kelley Dennehy, the Davis' other daughter. She and her 6-year-old daughter hid in a closet during the attack.
Family member Jennifer Davis says Raymond pushed Dennehy to safety. "Her dad pushed her out of the way to save her, and she ran up and hid in the closet with her daughter and waited until he left to call 911."
William Palmer was captured near a Taco Bueno restaurant in Sachse. An employee at the fast food store told CBS 11 News that several police officers also surrounded a van near the store.
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