A sixth-grade school teacher from Ohio was found dead inside her home Monday night after her husband called 911 saying someone – possibly an intruder – had fatally stabbed his wife in the back.
The Cuyahoga County Medical Examiner’s Office identified the victim as 49-year-old Melinda Pleskovic.
The woman worked as a teacher at Strongsville Middle Schools. She was married with three children and a young granddaughter.
Teacher killed: Melinda Pleskovic, 49, pictured with husband Bruce, was found dead inside the family’s home in Ohio Monday night
Bruce Plescovic summoned police to their home in Strongsville (pictured) after telling a 911 disptscher: ‘I think someone killed my wife’
Mrs Plescovic was taken to a hospital, where she succumbed to her injuries
Police responded to the crime scene on Blazing Star Drive in Strongsville on Monday night after getting a call from Bruce Pleskovic, who told an emergency dispatcher in a calm and steady voice: ‘I think someone killed my wife.’
He then went on to say: ‘It looks like she has stab wounds on her back. We’ve had people trying to break into our house all year.’
Plescovic went on to say that he came home at around 8.30pm after spending the evening with his ‘new son-in-law’ to find his wife unresponsive, at which point he contacted police.
Mrs Plescovic was taken to Southwest General Hospital, where she was pronounced dead from her injuries, reported News 5 Cleveland.
Matriarch: Melinda and Bruce have three children, including their special-needs son Kyle (second left) and daughter Megan (third left)
Melinda had worked as a teacher for more than 27 years. Bruce is a senior accountant for bank. Their son has Down syndrome
The Plescovices were set to celebrate their daughter Anna’s wedding on Saturday. Pictured: Bruce, Melinda and Kyle on the beach
The teacher is survived by her husband, their 18-year-old son, Kyle, who has Down syndrome, as Cleveland19 first report, as well as two daughters and a young grandchild.
According to an online wedding registry, the couple’s daughter Anna was set to marry her fiance on October 28.
Their other daughter, Megan, works as graduate assistant softball college at Hiram College while pursuing a Master’s degree.
According to the couple’s respective LinkedIn pages, Melinda Plescovic had taught science and math at Strongsville City Schools for more than 27 years, while her husband worked as a senior accountant at a bank.