An Independence man was charged in connection with the deadly stabbing of his wife after their children reported her death, according to a news release from the Jackson County Prosecutor’s Office.
Vicente Roldan-Marron is charged with first-degree murder and armed criminal action.
On Monday, Jan. 30, Independence School District teachers reported two of their students said their father had killed their mother, Yadira Gomez.
According to court documents, officers found Gomez’s body and Roldan-Marron at an apartment on N. Peck Court. Gomez had been stabbed multiple times.
A 9-year-old told police his mother and father argued in a church parking lot on Sunday, Jan. 29. When the family returned home, Gomez and Roldan-Marron started fighting and hitting each other. The 9-year-old and his two siblings went downstairs.
According to court documents, the child told police after a while he heard Roldan-Marron yell, “Why did I do that and it was really dumb,” and cry. The child went upstairs and said there was blood in the kitchen. He went to his parent’s room and found his mother on the floor covered in blood and a knife next to her.
Later, the children got ready for school and asked Roldan-Marron to take them, according to court documents. When the 9-year-old arrived at school he told his teacher what happened.
When police interviewed Roldan-Marron, he said his wife was seeking attention from another person. He said he remembered arriving home after a counseling session from their pastor. He said Gomez didn’t arrive home at the same time so he drank.
Court documents say Roldan-Marron told police he had three bottles of Champaign and six cans of beer and “blacked out.” He told police he later woke up and went to the bedroom and found Gomez on the floor dead. He said he closed the door to hide Gomez from his children and then drove them to their respective schools.
Roldan-Marron returned home and consumed numerous unknown pills and more Champaign and indicated he wanted to end his life, according to court documents.
Roldan-Marron told police he doesn’t remember the incident due to him “blacking out,” but eluded to the fact that he must have killed Gomez because there was no one else in the residence except his children, according to court documents.
Prosecutors requested a bond of $500,000 cash.
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