Man charged in stabbing wife to death on NW Side, police say

CHICAGO (WLS) -- A man has been charged in stabbing and killing his wife on the city's Northwest Side on Saturday.

The attack happened at about 11:24 p.m. Saturday in the 2700-block of West Balmoral Avenue in Budlong Woods, according to police.

Mairunnisa B. Osman, 29, died from multiple sharp force injuries, the medical examiner's office said Monday.

On Tuesday, police said Nurmuhammed Inus, 35, was charged for her murder.

When police arrived, they found the woman inside a home with a stab wound to her torso. She was taken to an area hospital, where she died.

According to a police report obtained by the ABC7 I-Team, Osman's 12-year-old daughter met with responding police officers and told police that her dad fled in a blue 2016 Honda after he stabbed her mother.

Inus later turned himself in at a police station and admitted to stabbing his wife after an argument, according to the police report.

Inus was due in court on Tuesday.

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The couple have three other daughters, under the age of 10, according to the report.

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