Police say an Indiana man stabbed his own son in the heart during an argument over dirty dishes in the sink.
The incident took place on Friday, June 14, at his home.
Timothy Ray Lesby, 59, is initially facing a charge of aggravated battery and is being held without bond, according to Marion County Jail records.
A family friend who witnessed the brutal June 14 death of 31-year-old Christopher Allen Lesby believes the father should face murder charges, he told Fox 59.
Since the battery charge, the case has been turned over to homicide detectives and their investigation is ongoing.
After arguing over a pile of dirty dishes, Lesby and her son wrestled on the floor inside the mobile home on Dougie Road in Indianapolis, Jeremiah Green told the outlet.
Then, the father whipped with the cutlery.
“Tim had a spoon in his hand and started stabbing Chris with it,” Green told the outlet. “Chris said, 'Jeremiah take the spoon out of his hand,' so I did.”
The father then grabbed another weapon, Green said.
“Tim ran into the kitchen and grabbed something shiny, sharp … and pushed it as hard as he could into Chris' chest,” Green said.
According to the outlet, Green dialed 911, and officers from the Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department arrived at the scene. There, they found the son in the living room with a “bleeding wound to the chest,” according to an affidavit filed in the case and obtained by Law & Crime.
Christopher Lesby was taken to a nearby hospital, where he stabilized after surgery on his broken heart, but died the next day from his injuries, police said.
After Green called for help, she said the father realized the gravity of the situation and tried to administer first aid to his son.
“He was putting pressure on Chris and saying, 'Don't die. Don't die,'” Green told Fox 59. “Since that day I've been crying, and I can't sleep.”
Green said he would testify against Lisby in court, and that he would “do whatever it takes to put him down.”
“Chris was my friend. I loved him to death,” Green said.
“I've never seen someone bleed so bad and it really hurts me. When he stabbed Chris in the heart, it's like he stabbed me in the heart.
“He killed my only friend in the world. He's going to pay for what he did,” Green told Fox 59.
The father is scheduled to appear in court on June 21, according to online jail records.