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Kan. woman claims self-defense in boyfriend’s stabbing death

WELLINGTON, Kan. (AP) — A 29-year-old Kansas woman who was arrested after her boyfriend was stabbed to death has been released from jail after she claimed the killing was self-defense.

Pearson -photo Sumner Co.

Sumner County Attorney Kerwin Spencer says Ashley Pearson was arrested on suspicion of murder after her boyfriend, 25-year-old Kyle Hill, died Saturday morning at a home the two shared.

Spencer says Pearson gave a statement two days later saying she acted in self-defense. He said Wednesday the investigation is continuing but her story fits the definition of self-defense under Kansas law.

No further information was released.

Kansas corrections records show Hill had convictions in 2013 of criminal threat, aggravated battery and aggravated assault.

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