Woman who used ‘tire plug tool with a metal spike’ to stab a man instead of showering with him, claiming he put ‘stuff down my throat,’ could be in even bigger trouble now

Briley Turner

Briley Turner (Monroe County Jail).

The Indiana woman accused of attacking a man with a tool normally used to help patch damaged tires has officially been charged with murder after her alleged victim died in the hospital.

As Law&Crime has previously reported, Briley Turner, 25, allegedly beat Michael Hodge, 36, with a bat and stabbed him repeatedly with a “tire plug tool” on Aug. 18. The violence occurred in an apartment in Bloomington, where police found Turner covered in blood and lying on a couch.

She initially claimed self-defense, saying to police: “I had to defend myself, dude.”

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