Tourist on trip to see Adam Lambert concert killed by woman trying to 'rid house of evil': reports
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}Denise Webster, 61, left, was vacationing in New York to see an Adam Lambert concert when she was allegedly knifed to death by 66-year-old Faye Doomchin, right, police said. (Facebook / Nassau County Police Department)
A tourist from Britain, who came to the U.S. to see a concert by "American Idol" singer Adam Lambert, ended up stabbed to death last week by a woman who claimed she “needed to rid the house of evil,” reports said Thursday.
Police in Great Neck, a suburb of New York City, said victim Denise Webster, 61, was killed with a kitchen knife by a suspect identified as Faye Doomchin, 66, WPIX-TV reported.
Police said Webster was visiting Doomchin’s home for coffee and cake, having met one another through a mutual friend. Suddenly, Doomchin said she had to “rid the house of evil,” got a “butcher block-type knife” from the kitchen, and stabbed Webster in the chest, reports said. Webster was later pronounced dead at a hospital.
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}Neighbors told New York's WABC-TV that violent behavior was out of character for Doomchin. However, her lawyer claimed she has a history of mental illness, Newsday reported.
Doomchin was arrested in 1999 for an assault where she stabbed a woman twice in the back with a kitchen knife and put on mandatory mental health supervision until 2014.
Lambert, after hearing about Webster's death, tweeted Tuesday that he was left “heavy hearted” by the news.
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}The singer’s unofficial fan club on Facebook, who call themselves “Glamberts,” posted condolences to Webster’s family.
Webster was killed five months after overcoming cancer, and a month before her 41st wedding anniversary, her husband, Tommy, told the Sun.
Doomchin remained held without bail on a second-degree murder charge, according to court documents.