KANSAS CITY —Felony charges have been filed in the August 5, fatal stabbing of a Kansas City man's former girlfriend, Latoya Brown, outside a Raytown nursing home, according to Jackson County Prosecutor Jean Peters Baker.
Andre M. Williams, 49, faces requested charges of murder 1st degree and armed criminal action charges.
According to court records filed Monday, Raytown Police responded to Edgewood Manor in Raytown on a reported stabbing. Surveillance video showed that Williams waited in his vehicle nearby and waited for the victim, Latoya Brown.
Williams approached her and began verbally fighting with her, then stabbed her multiple times with two knives.
Witnesses told police they recognized Williams as the victim’s ex-boyfriend. After the stabbing the defendant fled in his vehicle and drove to the Broadway bridge in Kansas City and jumped off it attempting to commit suicide.
He survived after Kansas City police officers found him in the Missouri River. Williams is being held on a bond of $300.000.