ARLINGTON, Texas — Arlington police have arrested a man who they said fatally stabbed his mother over the weekend.
Police said 26-year-old Nathan Woodard was wanted in the death of his mother, 55-year-old Teresa Dewitt Pierce.
According to Arlington police, Woodard was arrested near Cooper Street and Park Row Drive without further incident. He was booked into the city jail on a murder charge.
On Sunday, Arlington police said officers responded around 7:30 p.m. to the 1900 block of Longmeadow Drive to investigate a reported stabbing. Police said Pierce's husband returned home from the store to find her unresponsive and bleeding in the front yard.
She was pronounced deceased at the scene.
Police said an initial investigation of the stabbing led detectives to believe Woodard was the attacker. The circumstances of what led up to the stabbing were not clear at this time.
Officers immediately began an extensive search of the surrounding area, but Woodard was not found.
In an effort to have the public be on the lookout, police released a recent booking photo of Woodard from a Jan. 4 arrest this year for alleged criminal mischief.
Jail records show that Woodard had been out on probation as of Feb. 17 for that charge.
