Deputies: Wife fatally stabs 76-year-old husband

Clark Harris Jr.

PALATKA, Fla. – An argument between a husband and wife on Saturday night led to a woman fatally stabbing her husband, according to the Putnam County Sheriff's Office.

Deputies say Ivory Harris and her husband Clark Harris Jr. got into a verbal argument after 9 p.m. at their home in the 3800 block of St. Johns Avenue.

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At 9:40 p.m., deputies responding to a report of a stabbing found Clark Harris had been stabbed multiple times in his chest and stomach.  He was transported to Putnam Community Medical Center, where he died.

Detectives are awaiting the results of an autopsy to determine if charges are warranted.