GRAFTON TOWNSHIP, Ohio -- A Lorain County corrections officer has been charged in the stabbing death of his wife. Her body was found behind their house early this morning.

William A. Dembie, 42, was charged with one count of murder and more charges are expected, said Lorain County Sheriff's Sgt. Donald Barker. Dembie had originally told the sheriff's dispatcher that he had beheaded his wife, Holly, 33, when he called the office around 1:30 a.m.

After arriving at the home on Cowley Road, deputies said the woman was not beheaded, but appeared to have been stabbed several times, said a news release.

The release said Dembie was hired as corrections officer for the department in January 1999.

More from the Morning Journal in Lorain: The victim was a teaching aide at the Midview schools.