Press Release

Vickie Louise Wooldridge

WARSAW — One person is dead and two have been injured in a stabbing incident that occurred on Tuesday morning, Dec. 15.

According to Kosciusko County Sheriff’s Office Public Information Officer Chris Francis, the deceased’s name, as well as cause and manner of death, will be released following an autopsy, which will take place on Wednesday, Dec. 16.

One of the stabbing victims remains hospitalized, and one has been released.

The suspect, identified as Vickie Louise Wooldridge, 44, Nappanee, is currently incarcerated in the Kosciusko County Jail, pending formal charging. As of Tuesday afternoon, Wooldridge was preliminarily charged with murder.

Shortly before 10 a.m. Tuesday, Dec. 15, Kosciusko County dispatch received a report of a stabbing incident at a Westside Drive residence. Multiple agencies, including an Indiana State Police helicopter, immediately converged on the vicinity and began a search pattern.

By noon, Wooldridge was found southwest of the scene and taken into custody without further incident.