A college track star has allegedly been stabbed to death by his girlfriend after she found him in bed with her roommate.
Lincoln University sprinter Denita Jackson, 27, has been charged with second-degree murder and armed criminal action following the incident in Jefferson City, Missouri.
The victim has been identified as Kevaughn Goldson, 23, who was also a sprinter on the LU track and field team.
Court documents reveal that the couple were in a romantic relationship but there had been a history of violent encounters between them.
Police said Jackson came home early from work on Monday morning because she wasn’t feeling well, having left Goldson in her bedroom just hours before.
However, when she returned home at around 1am on Monday, Jackson could hear her roommate talking to someone in their room.
Kevaughn Goldson was allegedly stabbed to death by his girlfriend Denita Jackson (right)
Jackson is said to have found Goldson in bed with her roommate when she returned from work
With the door locked, Jackson used a hair clip to get inside and discovered Goldson and the roommate in bed together. They were fully dressed.
Jackson is said to have leapt onto the bed, grabbed Goldson and started to fight with him. Police said he retaliated by kicking Jackson in the stomach, which made her fall off the bed.
Jackson claims Goldson got on top of her and started to choke her. At that moment, Jackson says she grabbed a knife from under the roommate’s bed and stabbed Goldson in both the back and chest.
Jefferson City Police Department officers were dispatched to the home in the 800 block of Fairmount Boulevard at 1:09am on Monday after Jackson called 911.
Goldson was taken to the Capital Region Emergency Room but police were unable to interview him.
He was later transferred by helicopter to University Hospital, where he later died during surgery. Jackson was arrested and booked into Cole County Jail on Monday without bond.
‘Our thoughts are with family, friends, faculty, staff and all who have been impacted by this tragic situation,’ Lincoln University said in a statement.
