Suspect: Stabbing of wife was self-defense

Strauss called police on spouse in 2005; she reported threats

By Christine Reid (Contact)
Wednesday, August 29, 2007

Homicide suspect Alfred Michael Strauss listens during his bond hearing Tuesday at the Boulder County Jail.

A Boulder man arrested on suspicion of fatally stabbing his former wife Monday told police he was acting in self defense.

Alfred Michael Strauss, 45, is facing a possible charge of first-degree murder in the slaying of 36-year-old Laura Swan, who went by the name Laura Strauss when the two were married.

In 2005, Strauss called police to report Swan was trying to provoke a fight while they were going through a divorce. Swan reported then that her husband had threatened to kill her…. (Full Story)

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