SEATTLE (KOMO) - Authorities in Washington state have charged a woman with murder after police say she killed her father with an ice climbing axe. It all began after an argument over turning on the lights inside the home they shared. According to court papers, the first signs of trouble in the case happened when neighbors heard smashing glass.

A woman in Seattle has been charged with first-degree murder after she killed her father with an ice axe for refusing to shut off the lights in her house, police say. Corey Burke, 31, allegedly told detectives that she was trying to convince her 67-year ...

After the argument, Burke reportedly went upstairs, retrieved an ice axe, and returned to confront him in the basement. Detectives allege that she tripped him and used the axe to strike him repeatedly. She reportedly admitted to officers that she also ...