Arlington police arrest ‘dangerous’ man accused of stabbing his mother to death
A 26-year-old Arlington man accused of fatally stabbing his mother was arrested Monday after being on the run, police said.
Arlington police identified the suspect as Nathan Woodard, who police had been searching for since Sunday evening.
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Police have not released a motive for the fatal stabbing of the 55-year-old woman, who the Tarrant County Medical Examiner’s Office identified as Teresa Dewitt Pierce.
The homicide was reported about 7:30 p.m. Sunday at a home in the 1900 block of Longmeadow Drive in Arlington.
The victim’s husband, who had gone to a store, returned to find his wife unresponsive and bleeding in their front yard, Arlington police said.
Paramedics later pronounced her dead at the scene.
On Monday, officers located Woodard near Cooper Street and Park Row Drive and took him into custody without incident.
Woodard was booked into the Arlington City Jail on one count of murder.
This story was originally published February 28, 2022 at 11:38 AM.
