On the morning of 10 April 2017, residents of the neighbourhood of Hubbard Falls in the city of Charlotte, North Carolina, were preparing for their day. It was a warm and sunny Monday, so some residents were heading out early to fit in some exercise before going in to the office. Others were heading to work, hoping that rush hour wouldn’t prove to be too inconvenient. Just after 7am, 50-year-old Marcella Thrash arrived home after a gym workout. When the former marine turned accounting manager pulled into the driveway, she could see her 26-year-old son Dionte standing on the front lawn. It was a somewhat unusual sight. The pair lived together, but Marcella wondered what could have happened for Dionte to be waiting for her outside. Before Marcella could even get out of her car, Dionte unleashed on his mother, stabbing at her ferociously.
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