Thursday, 4:30 PM
Warrant issued for arrest of police dispatcher in fatal stabbing
By Nathan Hurst
Globe Correspondent
and Brian R. Ballou
Globe Staff
A warrant has been issued for the arrest of a Boston Police dispatcher accused of fatally stabbing her husband yesterday on his 38th birthday, police said today.
The woman was identified by department spokeswoman Elaine Driscoll as Sharon Fitzpatrick, a civilian employee of the Boston Police Department and the wife of the victim, Sylvester Mitchell.
Mitchell was stabbed to death at the couple's home at 52 Evans St. in Mattapan, the victim of an apparent domestic dispute, according to the victim's relatives.
Mitchell's sister Sophia Mitte said her brother suffered multiple stab wounds and was found by relatives at 4:36 a.m. yesterday, inside his house. Mitchell was taken to Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, where he died.
A police spokeswoman had said yesterday Mitchell's wife was being questioned but that no arrests had been made.
Early yesterday afternoon, Mitte walked out of the two-story yellow frame house that her brother had recently bought. Police had sealed off the second floor apartment, where Mitchell was found . Mitchell lived on that floor with his wife.
The couple had been married almost four years and Mitchell was stepfather to his wife's five children, Mitte said.
"My brother, he was really hard-working; he did car detailing," she said. "It's just hard to believe he's dead, on his birthday."
Gladys Curry , a 67-year-old grandmother who has lived on Evans Street for almost 30 years in a house across the street from the victim's, said she had never heard any arguments between Mitchell and his wife.
"They were young people and pretty much kept to themselves," she said.
