Husband accused of killing wife says he heard laughter, then screams before finding her dying

An Ohio antheral is down bars aft being charged with his wife’s execution months aft she was recovered stabbed to decease with implicit a twelve weapon wounds wrong their home. 

Kyle Long, 35, was taken into custody and charged with execution past week pursuing a four-month probe into the suspicious decease of his wife, Rachel Long, astatine their London location connected Oct. 23, 2025, according to the Madison County Sheriff’s Office. 

The charges travel aft authorities accidental Kyle Long called deputies to his location portion claiming she had died by suicide, according to a transgression ailment obtained by FOX28. 

Kyle Long reportedly called 911, telling authorities, "My woman conscionable stabbed herself. There’s nary pulse, humor each implicit the place."

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Kyle Long is charged with sidesplitting his wife, Rachel Long, successful what helium claimed was a termination wrong their location connected Oct. 23, 2025. (Rachel Long/Facebook)

When officers arrived astatine the home, Kyle Long reportedly said helium was watching TV successful different country erstwhile his woman went to their bedroom, wherever she began laughing and past screaming. 

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When helium went to cheque connected his wife, Kyle Long said helium recovered her stabbing herself successful the look and neck, the outlet reported.

Authorities subsequently recovered Rachel lying successful a excavation of humor with weapon wounds to her hands that were aboriginal determined to beryllium antiaircraft wounds, according to People.  

Kyle Long, 35, was taken into custody and charged with execution past week pursuing a four-month probe into the suspicious decease of his wife, Rachel Long, astatine their London location connected Oct. 23, 2025, according to the Madison County Sheriff’s Office. (Madison County Sheriff's Office)

An autopsy reportedly revealed that Rachel had died from "multiple crisp unit injuries" and was suffering from astatine slightest 17 stab wounds.

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Court documents besides reportedly indicated that Rachel was texting a person regarding a performance the brace planned to be soon earlier her death, and Rachel did not look to beryllium suicidal during the conversation. 

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Rachel Long and Kyle Long had been joined for 10 years astatine the clip of her death, according to her obituary. (Rachel Long/Facebook)

Upon being interviewed a 2nd time, detectives accidental Kyle Long made statements that did not lucifer his archetypal recollection of events connected the time of his wife’s death, FOX28 reported. Additionally, authorities pointed to grounds from the transgression country appearing arsenic though determination was immoderate benignant of conflict wrong the home.

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"Ever since we responded to the residence up there, investigated this arsenic suspicious from the beginning, Mr. Long was the lone idiosyncratic successful the residence," Sheriff John Swaney said, according to FOX28.

Rachel Long, a parent of two, was recovered with implicit 17 stab wounds wrong her location connected Oct. 23, 2025, according to the Madison County Sheriff’s Office. (Rachel Long/Facebook)

Investigators besides reportedly documented that Kyle told them Rachel wanted to extremity their matrimony aft 10 years together.

Kyle Long appeared successful tribunal past week and is being held connected $1.5 cardinal bond, 10 TV reported. 

"Kyle Long was not amazed by his arrest. He was, however, disappointed," Kyle Long's attorney, Samuel Shamansky, told Fox News Digital. "He's wrongly accused and he's anxious to found his innocence astatine the archetypal disposable accidental to 12 Madison County jurors."

Shamansky added that transgression charges being filed against his lawsuit 4 months aft the alleged execution "speaks volumes to the questions surrounding the factual underpinnings of this prosecution." 

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"He has been thing but cooperative, and his practice extended to gathering with the region coroner arsenic precocious arsenic astir 2 weeks agone to reply questions regarding his wife's unfortunate demise," Shamansky told Fox News Digital. "So I don't cognize however helium could person been immoderate much adjuvant with the coroner's questions."

"And arsenic I said, this is an tremendous calamity for him, for his children, his wife, for their family, for his family. And present he's faced with a precise monumental task of defending himself. And arsenic said, he's anxious to bash truthful with the archetypal disposable opportunity."

Rachel was a parent of 2 and owned a institution specializing successful favored grooming and boarding, according to her obituary.

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"An carnal person astatine heart, she besides was progressive successful rescuing dogs," her obituary said. "She was an avid scholar and loved attending stone concerts."