Richard Lee Clutter

WARSAW — A Pierceton man was recently arrested after allegedly stabbing a woman with a knife and calling her a zombie.

Richard Lee Clutter, 45, 105 E. Church St., Pierceton, is charged with domestic battery while armed with a deadly weapon, a level 5 felony; and domestic battery, a class A misdemeanor.

On March 5, a Kosciusko County Sheriff’s officer responded to a report of a domestic disturbance at a residence.

Upon arrival, the officer spoke with a woman who said that a man, later identified as Clutter, made statements about killing himself with a shotgun and showed her a video displaying his intentions. Clutter then entered a spare bedroom, closing the door behind him. According to court documents, the woman opened the door to check on Clutter. He told the woman she was a zombie and then allegedly stabbed her in the face below the eye with a knife.

The officer noticed a cut underneath the woman’s left eye.

Clutter admitted to entering the bedroom and arguing with the woman about women at a bar. The officer also found a knife in the bedroom Clutter was in.

Clutter has an initial hearing regarding this case on Thursday, March 19.