A Hickory man is in jail after police said he stabbed a woman to death during a domestic incident early Monday.
Hickory Police were called to a reported stabbing on 3rd Avenue Southeast a little before 12:30 a.m. When police got to the scene, they found 33-year-old Octavia Deanna Beaty, who had been stabbed. Beaty was rushed to Frye Regional Medical Center, where she later died as a result of her injuries.
Detectives obtained a warrant for Jerry Lewis Woods, 60, of Hickory for Beaty's death. Woods was arrested Monday morning and charged with murder. He's being held in the Catawba County jail without bond.