Ali Abbas

Ali Abbas, 30, was fatally stabbed by his romantic partner at the apartment they shared, police say. Tina Jackson, 30, faces charges of first-degree murder and armed criminal action after police said she killed Abbas at their apartment in the 4500 block of Cleveland Avenue near the Missouri Botanical Garden. Police wrote in charging documents that they found a man who had been stabbed in his lower back and upper right arm. They also found a partially cleaned knife in the kitchen that appeared to contain dried blood. Jackson is being held in the St. Louis jail without bond.