A woman in Seattle has been charged with first-degree murder after she killed her father with an ice axe for refusing to shut off the lights in her house, police say. Corey Burke, 31, allegedly told detectives that she was trying to convince her 67-year ...

The woman told police that 'she knew that she could not convince her father to keep the lights off', so she went upstairs and retrieved the murder weapon.

SEATTLE (KOMO) - Authorities in Washington state have charged a woman with murder after police say she killed her father with an ice climbing axe. It all began after an argument over turning on the lights inside the home they shared. According to court papers, the first signs of trouble in the case happened when neighbors heard smashing glass.

A woman is charged with murder after allegedly killing her father with an "ice axe" at their home in Seattle's Rainier Beach neighborhood, according to King County prosecutors. Corey Burke, 33, got into an argument with her father on the evening of Nov.

A 33-year-old woman has been charged with first-degree murder after allegedly killing her father with an ice ax during an argument over turning off the lights.

Authorities say the woman grabbed an ice climbing axe, tripped and strangled her father with the tool, before attacking him with it.

Corey stated ... when her father started arguing with her, about the lights being shut off, that she ‘just freaked out,'” according to the documents.

A 33-year-old woman has been charged with first-degree murder after allegedly killing her father with an ice ax in Rainier Valley

Prosecutors believe a woman killed her 67-year-old father with an ice climbing ax after an argument. She "appeared to be having a mental health crisis."

A Seattle woman accused of killing her father with an ice-climbing axe has been arrested. Court documents say 3-yera-old Corey Burke admitted to ambushing her dad following an argument about turning off lights in their house.