Pasaden Murder

PASADENA (CNS) - A man who reportedly killed his wife with an ax in unincorporated East Pasadena today, then called sheriff's deputies to report his crime, was behind bars.
The man called the sheriff's Temple Station about 1:30 a.m. saying he had just killed his wife, according to Deputy Keith Ho of the Sheriff's Headquarters Bureau.
When deputies arrived at the couple's home in the 100 block of Rosemead Boulevard, near Colorado Boulevard, they found Michelle Lu, 55, with multiple stab wounds, Ho said.
She was declared dead at the scene. Lt. Cheryl MacWillie of the Los Angeles County coroner's office provided her name.
Detective Richard Ramirez told a video crew at the scene that the couple's adult son was at home, found his parents fighting and grabbed what appeared to be an ax away from his father.
Sheriff's deputies were tight-lipped about what happened and refused to name the suspect.
Lu's husband, whose name was withheld, was taken into custody. The video crew described him as in his 70s.
Video from another crew indicates two men being taken away by police, but deputies could not say this morning whether the second was the son and whether he was simply accompanying his father to the station. CNS-07-26-2009 11:58