A husband has been sentenced for the murd£r of his wife after she identified him as her k!ller with her last breath.
On Monday, Aug. 18, Stephen Dennis, 36, was sentenced to 18 years in prison for the fatal stabbing of his wife, Aliccia Grant, 37, a mother of two, Maricopa County Attorney Rachel Mitchell announced.
Dennis stabbed his newlywed wife Grant the parking lot of a Home Depot in 2024.
Earlier this year, Dennis pleaded guilty to second-degree murd£r.
“This wasn’t just a violent crime — it was an act of betrayal carried out by someone who should have been a source of safety, not fear,” Attorney Mitchell said in a press release.
“There is something especially cruel about a murd£r that takes place within a relationship that’s intended to be built on trust. We will continue to aggressively pursue and hold violent domestic abusers accountable.”
The shocking murd£r took place in the early morning hours of Sept. 9, 2024, when Phoenix Police responded to a call about a stabbing outside a Home Depot in north Phoenix.
“Witnesses walking nearby heard a woman screaming for help and discovered the victim in the driver’s seat of a red Prius with multiple stab wounds,” Mitchell said in the release.
Dennis, who was in the front passenger seat, got out of the vehicle, argued with a bystander, then fled the scene on foot after grabbing a bag from the car, witnesses said, according to Mitchell’s release.
Witnesses and officers rendered aid to Grant.
“As one of the officers continued to apply pressure to the victim’s wounds, the victim made a dying declaration identifying Dennis as her attacker,” Mitchell said in the release.
She was rushed to a nearby hospital where she was later pronounced de@d.
Shortly after the incident, Dennis called 911 and admitted to stabbing his wife, Mitchell said in the release. He also told officers where to find the murd£r weapon, which they were able to recover.
Dennis told police the couple had recently married and were discussing an annulment at the time of the incident, Mitchell said.
