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DAVID: TAKE A LOOK. THAT VAN RIGHT THERE. THAT IS A SPECIALIZED CLEANING CREW IS IN THE APARTMENT RIGHT NOW DEALING WITH WHAT’S LEFT OF A VIOLENT NIGHT. SHATTERED GLASS COVERS THE GROUND OUTSIDE THIS APARTMENT BUILDING IN STOUGHTON WHERE POLICE BROKE IN LATE FRIDAY AFTER GETTING A CALL FROM THE AUNT OF A TEENAGER INSIDE. >> SHE RECEIVED A CALL FROM ERNIE’S INDICATING THERE WERE MALE AND FEMALE PARTIES FIGHTING AT THAT LOCATION. DAVID: BY THE TIME POLICE GOT INSIDE APARTMENT NUMBER FOUR THEY FOUND 43-YEAR-OLD TELMA BRAS DEAD FROM MULTIPLE STAB WOUNDS. HER HUSBAND, ILTON RODRIGUES, WHO’S 48, ALSO HAD CUT WOUNDS. >> CONSISTENT WITH THE SUICIDE ATTEMPT. DAVID: THE DISTRICT ATTORNEY SAYS RODRIGUES WENT TO THE HOSPITAL UNDERWENT SURGERY AND WILL SOON BE CHARGED WITH MURDER. ALSO HOME BUT NOT HURT WERE TH COUPLE’S TWO CHILDREN, THE 17-YEAR-OLD GIRL WHO’D CALLED HER AUNT AND HER 7-YEAR-OLD BROTHER. >> HARROWING TO IMAGINE THEY MIGHT HAVE HAD TO GO THROUGH THAT. DAVID THE CHILDREN MIGHT BE THE : ONLY WITNESSES. NEIGHBORS ACROSS THE HALL SAY THEY WERE AT THE MOVIES. THEY SAY IN THE PAST THEY OCCASIONALLY HEARD ARGUING. >> I HEARD SHOUTING, SCREAMING, BANGING, AND THAT WAS IT. DAVID POLICE SAY THEY’D NEVER : BEEN CALLED TO THE FAMILY’S HOME BEFORE AND THAT RODRIGUES’ ONLY RECORD IS FOR TRAFFIC STOPS. THE DISTRICT ATTORNEY URGED OTHER DOMESTIC VIOLENCE VICTIMS TO REACH OUT FOR HELP. >> THIS IS REALLY THE MOST TRAGIC OF RESULTS WHICH WE ARE SORRY FOR. DAVID THE DA SAYS AS SOON AS THE : HUSBAND IS WELL ENOUGH HE’LL BE ARRAIGNED IN COURT OR IN HIS HOSPITAL B

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A Stoughton man is in custody after it appears he stabbed and killed his wife inside their apartment, according to Norfolk District Attorney Michael Morrissey.Morrissey said 48-year-old Ilton Rodrigues is facing a murder charge and Stoughton police are working to determine exact and additional charges.Police responded to 5 Bennett Drive at approximately 11:40 p.m. Friday for a report of a disturbance, according to the district attorney.Officers made forced entry into an apartment where they found 43-year-old Telma Bras with apparent stab wounds. She was pronounced dead at the scene.Morrissey said Rodrigues was found in close proximity to his wife with obvious injuries that are consistent with a suicide attempt. Stoughton police Chief Donna McNamara said officers treated Rodrigues for lacerations.The couple's two children, a 17-year-old girl and a 7-year-old boy, were in the residence during the altercation. The district attorney said the girl made a call to a relative after hearing a disturbance, and that relative made the call to Stoughton police from outside the apartment.Morrissey said the children are safe but have obviously been traumatized. They are receiving assistance from family members and professionals.According to Morrissey, Rodrigues was rushed to a Boston hospital with life-threatening injuries. He underwent surgery overnight and is in police custody at that hospital. Morrissey said the extent and nature of his injuries and condition are unknown to him at this time, but Rodrigues is expected to survive.Morrissey said Rodrigues will be arraigned at either Stoughton District Court or in his hospital room when he is medically cleared.The Chief Medical Examiner will determine the exact cause and manner of the victim's death.The Norfolk District Attorney's Office, Stoughton police and state police are investigating the incident.