The killer didn’t wait for someone else to find her — he picked up the phone himself. Stanley Mulvey called 911 on Monday night and, in a calm but broken voice, told dispatchers exactly what he had done: he’d stabbed his girlfriend and was thinking about ending his own life next. When Stratford police arrived at the couple’s home on Griffen Street around 7 p.m., they were met with a horrific scene.
Inside the small, single-story house, officers found 66-year-old Mulvey lying across the lifeless body of 58-year-old Megan McShane in the kitchen. Both were covered in blood. A large kitchen knife rested inches from Mulvey’s hand. According to police, officers repeatedly ordered him to move away from McShane’s body, but he refused, clutching her and muttering incoherently. After several tense minutes, police were able to safely detain him and begin rendering aid.Paramedics pronounced McShane dead at the scene. Mulvey was taken to a local hospital for treatment of self-inflicted injuries and remains under police guard. Investigators later confirmed that the couple had lived together for several years and that neighbors
occasionally heard loud arguments but never suspected the disputes would turn deadly.Detectives are still piecing together what led to the attack, though they suspect a domestic dispute escalated into violence. Police say the 911 call — chilling in its matter-of-fact confession — will play a key role in the investigation and prosecution.
Authorities have charged Mulvey with murder and are awaiting his arraignment once he is medically cleared. Meanwhile, friends and neighbors have begun leaving flowers outside the Griffen Street home, mourning McShane’s death. “She was sweet, quiet, always smiling,” one neighbor said. “No one could imagine something like this happening right here.”
