LUMBERTON — The Sheriff’s Office is saying the stabbing death of a woman on Saturday was the result of an attempted murder-suicide.
Sheriff Kenneth Sealey identified the dead woman as Pamela Roberts, 59, of 2268 McPhail Road, which is off N.C 211 just outside the city limits of Lumberton. She was found . mortally injured about 5 a.m by sheriff’s deputies responding to a report of a breaking and entering and died at the scene.
Sealey said that deputies also found 47-year-old Timmy Ledwell suffering from self-inflicted injuries inside the home. He was taken to an undisclosed hospital, where he is being treated.
Sealey called the incident a domestic dispute.