Woman accused of stabbing husband after he asked her to move out

Kewaskum woman is accused of stabbing her husband and faces first-degree intentional homicide charges in the death of her husband Benjamin J. Brich.

Woman accused of stabbing husband after he asked her to move out

In a criminal complaint, police say Marie Amdrae Bourget allegedly stabbed her husband after he asked her to move out.

Officers were called just after 9:20 a.m. by a woman who was suicidal.

While en route, dispatch said the woman, later identified as Marie A. Bourget, had stabbed her husband and possibly died in the home.

Upon arrival, they found Bourget with self-inflicted wounds, but she was able to explain to officers what happened.

“He asked me to move out and I killed him,” Bourget allegedly said.

According to the complaint, Bourget told police she found legal documents around 3 a.m. the morning of the murder and confronted him when she was waking up because “I had him.”

She claimed she was “being emotionally hurt.”

Bourget had filed for divorce and was found dead with the divorce papers near him.

Detectives stated that those documents indicated that the residence where the defendant and the victim resided was paid for by Brich and that he would maintain ownership of the residence pursuant to the divorce proceedings.

She is due to appear in Washington County Court. If convicted, Bourget could face life in prison.