Husband stabs wife to death while she’s working at convenience store, Texas cops say

A Texas man is accused of stabbing his wife to death at a convenience store while she was on the job, police in Texas City say.

Officers responded to a call around 9:30 p.m. on Monday, Nov. 29, and arrived at the Timewise Shell gas station to find a female employee unresponsive and not breathing, the Texas City Police Department said in a Facebook post.

Texas City is about 10 miles north of Galveston.

The victim, later identified as 36-year-old Crystal Lynn Patterson, was pronounced dead at the scene, outlets reported.

Whoever killed Patterson had left the scene.

But less than an hour into the investigation, police received a call from a man claiming to be friends with Patterson’s husband, 58-year-old Brian Miller, who the man said had just admitted to stabbing his wife, Galveston-based outlet The Daily News reported.

With that information, police went to Miller’s home and arrested him on a charge of murder, KTRK reported.

His bond is set at $250,000, and he will be held at the Galveston County Jail, police told The Daily News.

This story was originally published November 30, 2021 at 8:01 AM with the headline "Husband stabs wife to death while she’s working at convenience store, Texas cops say."