A 54-year-old Seattle man who pleaded guilty in the stabbing death of his longtime girlfriend was sentenced Friday to eight and a half years in prison
Dennis R. Hart pleaded guilty to first-degree manslaughter charges on Nov. 3 in the stabbing death of Regina Calip-Elix at the couple's Leschi-neighborhood apartment.
In court documents, prosecutors say Hart called police just before 10 p.m. Dec. 16 to say he had just stabbed Calip-Elix at their home, in the 300 block of 28th Avenue South.
Arriving at the apartment, officers found Calip-Elix in a pool of blood at the residence door. She was rushed to Harborview Medical Center, where she was pronounced dead.
Hart was arrested near the couple's home. Prosecutors claim Hart immediately asked about his girlfriend's condition and admitted to stabbing her in the chest.
"I don't know what made me do what I did," Hart told officers. "She came at me with some knives, I grabbed one and stabbed her in the chest."
Searching the apartment after obtaining a warrant, crime scene investigators recovered a bloody 13-inch carving knife believed to be the weapon used in the attack, according to court documents.
Speaking with detectives, Hart said he and Calip-Elix had been arguing before the stabbing. While Hart contended Calip-Elix came at him with a knife, detectives claim he also admitted she was unarmed when he stabbed her.
Hart remains confined at King County Jail.
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