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PHILADELPHIA (AP) -- A member of the University of Pennsylvania's 1979 Final Four team was fatally stabbed by his wife, who told police she had caught him looking at child pornography, according to court documents.
Matthew White, 55, was found stabbed in the neck around 12:45 p.m. Monday in bed at his home in Nether Providence Township, police said, and was pronounced dead a short time later. An officer responding to the home for a report of a stabbing found White's wife, Maria Rey Garcia-Pellon, as she pulled into the driveway, authorities said. As she was being taken into custody, according to a police affidavit, she said, "I caught him looking at pornography, young girls. I love kids. I had to do it." She is charged with first-degree murder.
Kathy Labrum, an attorney for Garcia-Pellon, told the Delaware County Daily Times her client has been having mental difficulties. The Associated Press left a message for Labrum on Wednesday.
White was the starting center on the Penn team that went to the 1979 semifinals before losing 101-67 to eventual national champion Michigan State, led by Magic Johnson. White went on to be drafted by the Portland Trail Blazers in the fifth round of the 1979 draft -- the 100th overall pick -- and went on to play 12 seasons in Spain, according to UPenn's student newspaper The Daily Pennsylvanian. He never appeared in a game for the Blazers.
Garcia-Pellon, 52, was in custody, and a telephone message left at her home was not immediately returned.
Investigators said they interviewed a friend of Garcia-Pellon, who told them she had come to her house Monday afternoon and said she had stabbed her husband after catching him viewing pornography — possibly child pornography — on the computer. The friend called police.
While being interviewed by police, authorities said, Garcia-Pellon said that between midnight and 1 a.m. Monday she went to the kitchen, had a glass of water and grabbed two knives before returning to the couple's bedroom and concealing the knives under her side of the bed.
After her husband had fallen asleep, police said, she grabbed a knife and stabbed him in the neck. When he awoke, the two struggled, and the victim collapsed on the bed after saying "I'm dying, I'm dying," police said. Garcia-Pellon then allegedly changed her clothing and left the home.
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Matthew White, 55, was found stabbed in the neck around 12:45 p.m. Monday in bed at his home in Nether Providence Township, police said, and was pronounced dead a short time later. An officer responding to the home for a report of a stabbing found White's wife, Maria Rey Garcia-Pellon, as she pulled into the driveway, authorities said. As she was being taken into custody, according to a police affidavit, she said, "I caught him looking at pornography, young girls. I love kids. I had to do it." She is charged with first-degree murder.
Kathy Labrum, an attorney for Garcia-Pellon, told the Delaware County Daily Times her client has been having mental difficulties. The Associated Press left a message for Labrum on Wednesday.
White was the starting center on the Penn team that went to the 1979 semifinals before losing 101-67 to eventual national champion Michigan State, led by Magic Johnson. White went on to be drafted by the Portland Trail Blazers in the fifth round of the 1979 draft -- the 100th overall pick -- and went on to play 12 seasons in Spain, according to UPenn's student newspaper The Daily Pennsylvanian. He never appeared in a game for the Blazers.
Garcia-Pellon, 52, was in custody, and a telephone message left at her home was not immediately returned.
Investigators said they interviewed a friend of Garcia-Pellon, who told them she had come to her house Monday afternoon and said she had stabbed her husband after catching him viewing pornography — possibly child pornography — on the computer. The friend called police.
While being interviewed by police, authorities said, Garcia-Pellon said that between midnight and 1 a.m. Monday she went to the kitchen, had a glass of water and grabbed two knives before returning to the couple's bedroom and concealing the knives under her side of the bed.
After her husband had fallen asleep, police said, she grabbed a knife and stabbed him in the neck. When he awoke, the two struggled, and the victim collapsed on the bed after saying "I'm dying, I'm dying," police said. Garcia-Pellon then allegedly changed her clothing and left the home.
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