Lehigh woman charged with murder
A Lehigh Acres woman who dropped off a man with a stab wound Thursday night at Lehigh Regional Medical Center in Lehigh has been charged with second degree murder.
According to a news release from the Lee County Sheriff’s office, officials said that on Thursday night, they received a call from LRMC at 10:20 p.m., reporting the incident of a man being left at the hospital with a stab wound to his back. The man died at the hospital. His identity was not released early today.
Officials aid the woman left the hospital in a green Suburban.
According to the Sheriff’s Office report, while deputies were responding to the hospital, they saw a green Chevy Suburban at the Marathon gas station at Hazelwood Avenue and Lee Boulevard in Lehigh. Deputies were able to contact Leatha McSwain James, 40, who confirmed she had dropped the man off at the hospital, authorities said. Her last known address is 703 Cortez Ave., Lehigh, according to jail records.
Homicide detectives are conducting an investigation. No other details were released.
Source: Lee County Sheriff’s office