[StBernard] Pair arrested for stabbing death of 68-year-old Chalmette man Sunday

[Westley Annis]

Pair arrested for stabbing death of 68-year-old Chalmette man Sunday

WWLTV.com

CHALMETTE, La. - St. Bernard Sheriff's deputies arrested a man and woman for
the stabbing death of a 68-year-old Chalmette man, whose body was discovered
in his apartment Sunday.
Joseph Spurlock, 68, of 3313 LaPlace Drive, may have been stabbed as early
as Friday, deputies said.  Someone from his employer, Bayou State Security,
went to his home on Sunday after he didn't show up for work.

According to St. Bernard deputies, the two suspects were carrying a credit
card belonging to Spurlock, when deputies arrested them at a Chalmette
trailer park, within hours of his body being found inside his apartment.
The victim's missing SUV was also located by New Orleans Police.

The suspects were identified as Shari Head, 43, and Chris Geeting, 39.  Both
were booked with first-degree murder, according to a news release from St.
Bernard Sheriff Jimmy Pohlmann.

Head was friends with the victim, Joseph Spurlock.  Geeting had allegedly
been staying with Head at the Chalmette trailer park.

Spurlock died of several stab wounds to the upper part of his body, Pohlmann
said. 

The victim was likely killed sometime early Friday morning after neighbors
heard a woman's voice in the apartment, the sheriff said.

Head has a criminal history including arrests for shoplifting, prostitution,
theft and currently was sought on a warrant alleging armed robbery by New
Orleans police, St. Bernard authorities said. 

Because she knew the victim and because of her criminal history, Head was
being sought for questioning in the murder when sheriff's detectives found
her and Geeting at the trailer park.  

Geeting, who also was booked with shoplifting with Head in St. Tammany
Parish, has a criminal history that includes serving prison time for drug
and theft convictions, deputies said.