Man sent to prison for deadly 2022 stabbing in northwest Lincoln
LINCOLN, Neb. (KLKN) — A 64-year-old Lincoln man was sentenced to prison Wednesday for fatally stabbing a woman in 2022.
Charles Alexander got 19 to 20 years for manslaughter.
With credit for more than two years served behind bars, he will be eligible for parole in about seven years.
On Sept. 20, 2022, court documents say Alexander got into an argument with Jasimin Champion at a home in a trailer park near First and West Fairfield streets.
The two got into an argument, and Alexander left the home.
But police said Alexander came back later that night, knocked on the door and asked to talk to Champion.
She went outside, and soon after, those inside the home heard her screaming.
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A witness told police he opened the door and saw Alexander holding a large steak knife.
Champion was taken to a hospital with a stab wound to her neck and later pronounced dead.
Alexander was initially charged with second-degree murder, but it was reduced in exchange for a guilty plea. A weapon charge was also dropped.
