HPD: Stinky feet led to man's fatal stabbing

A man allegedly stabbed his roommate to death Saturday night during a drunken argument over smelly feet, Houston police said.

The two men shared a 10-foot-by-10-foot bedroom at the Magnolia Cove Apartment Homes in the 100 block of Goodson, said Sgt. M. Sosa of the homicide squad.

They subleased the bedroom from a married couple, who also lived in the apartment, Sosa said.

On Saturday night, the woman was sitting outside with her newborn baby while the two roommates drank together inside, he said. The woman's husband was not home at the time.

At some point, an argument broke out over one of the men's "stinky feet," Sosa said. It wasn't clear which one of the men's feet allegedly emitted the offensive odor, but the bedroom they shared "does smell," he said.

About 8 p.m., the woman peeked inside the window and saw one of the men with two knives in his hands, Sosa said.

"By the time she got inside, he was on top of the other man," he said.

The woman called 911 and fled the apartment. "The suspect comes after her and says, 'I didn't mean to do it, I didn't mean to do it,'" Sosa said.

Worried he might attack her or her baby, the woman alerted a neighbor, who held the man until police arrived, he said.

Shortly after 10 p.m., police escorted the man from the apartment, barefoot and handcuffed as a crowd of neighbors looked on. He was taken to police headquarters for questioning.

Investigators did not release the man's name or that of the victim.

lindsay.wise@chron.com