A Perth Amboy man has been charged with murder in the stabbing death of his wife overnight, authorities said. Officers responding to a 911 call on reports of a stabbing in a Bertrand Avenue residence found Rosana Rodriguez lying on the kitchen floor next to her husband,

Police responding to a 911 call from a residence on Bertrand Avenue at 2:57 a.m. Saturday found Leonardo and a woman, later identified as his wife, lying on the kitchen floor, authorities said. The woman, Rosana Rodriguez, 40, appeared to have been stabbed.

A Perth Amboy man has been arrested for allegedly fatally stabbing his wife in the presence of their children. Wellinton Leonardo has been charged with one count of murder, one count of second-degree unlawful possession of a weapon,