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Court records: Woman stabbed husband after he 'clawed at my face'

Elizabeth Marrinan, 47, has been charged with attempted

Photo credit: NCPD | Elizabeth Marrinan, 47, has been charged with attempted murder, assault and possession of a dangerous weapon in connection with the stabbing of her husband at their home in Garden City, police said. (Jan. 21, 2013)

A Garden City school bus driver charged with attempted murder in her husband's stabbing told police she plunged a six-inch steak knife into his chest because he grabbed her hair and scratched her face, according to court records.

"He lunged at me and grabbed my hair and clawed at my face," Elizabeth Marrinan, 47, told investigators, the records show. "I picked up a knife and stabbed him ....

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