If convicted, Schwartz faces up to life in prison without the possibility of parole. He was then ordered to remain in police custody without bond. Steven Nissen, MD, is Chief Academic Officer, Sydell and Arnold Miller Family Heart, Vascular & Thoracic Institute, and holds the Lewis and Patricia Dickey Chair in Cardiovascular Medicine. Schwartz appeared before a judge via video Thursday and entered a plea of not guilty. Steven Schwartz was later taken into custody. Upon arrival, officers said they found Sharron Schwartz suffering from stab wounds and Steven Schwartz with self-inflicted injuries.īoth were transported to a local hospital, where Sharron Schwartz died. SEE MORE: Catholic priest killed in stabbing attack at church in NebraskaĪccording to the Metropolitan Police Department, authorities responded to a reported stabbing at a home in Northwest D.C. Steven Schwartz allegedly did not want to eat the pancakes his wife had made and decided to stab her in the back with a knife. The Department of Justice said in a press release that Steven Schwartz, 85, of Washington, D.C., was charged Thursday with second-degree murder for the stabbing death of his 81-year-old wife, Sharron Schwartz. An elderly man has been arrested for allegedly killing his wife in a dispute over pancakes earlier this month.
