OAKLAND PARK, Florida — Police in Broward County, Florida, gave new details about the brutal stabbing death of a 64-year-old woman originally from Maine.
Debra Kincy stabbed Charlotte Nicholas about 70 times in Oakland Park, Florida, according to police. Police said Kincy used a knife and a screwdriver.
Kincy, a neighbor, was the one who called police to report the death last week. The day after Nicholas’ death, Kincy spoke to a TV reporter about discovering the body.
On Oct. 21, Kincy told a reporter: “I walked towards the kitchen cause she said something about doing some dishes earlier. And the body was laying there on the kitchen floor.”
While crying, Kincy called Nicholas “a good girl” and said “she was such a sweet person.”
Three days later, police charged Kincy with first-degree murder.
Police also said that on the day of Nicholas’ death, Kincy pawned three of Nicholas’ rings at a pawn shop.
“How can you be so cold? How can you be so cold? I don’t get it. What kind of person does that?” Marleen Schiessl, a friend of Nicholas, said.
Authorities said Kincy harassed the victim before her death.
Detectives revealed texts sent between the two women. Nicholas reportedly texted Kincy “to not come over.” Another text message Nicholas sent to Kincy reportedly read: “Stop. What do you want? Leave me alone.”
Nicholas was born in Waterville and loved the outdoors. She was raised in Augusta and graduated from Cony High School in the late 1960s. Nicholas’ sister Mary Nicholas said her sister dedicated her life as a traveling nurse and moved to Florida to be closer to family and friends.
Nicholas said whether it was a drug habit or mental illness, there is no excuse for what happened to her sister.
She said she hopes Kincy “gets what she deserves.”
“Charlotte was way too generous … and trusted everybody. Just a tragedy that her life ended this way,” she said.
Kincy is due back in court next month. She is being held without bail.