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Man Says He Found Pregnant Girlfriend Knifed to Death, Went Back To Sleep

FORT SMITH (KFSM) – A Fort Smith man suspected of knifing his pregnant girlfriend to death said he was drunk and “had done something bad that he didn’t re...
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FORT SMITH (KFSM) – A Fort Smith man suspected of knifing his pregnant girlfriend to death said he was drunk and “had done something bad that he didn’t remember,” according to court documents released Monday.

The documents also state the suspect said he found his pregnant girlfriend’s body in the middle of the night before going back to sleep and then to Lowe’s the next morning.

Police responded around 11:52 a.m. on Sunday to a home on the 2900 block of South 66th Street. The suspect, Douglas True, waved officers into the driveway, police said.

Officers searched the home and found the body of 22-year-old Briana Butler, along with a sleeping two-year-old, who suffered minor injuries to her face, according to Fort Smith police. The girl was treated at a local hospital for her injuries.

True faces two counts of capital murder.

A probable cause affidavit released Monday states True, 21, called 911 to report something bad he had done, although he told dispatchers he couldn’t remember what he did.

An examination of Butler’s body showed she suffered knife lacerations on her throat and torso, along with bruising on her arms and face. The woman was five or six months pregnant at the time, and the unborn baby was dead when crews examined the scene, according to the probable cause affidavit.

True told police during a subsequent interview he was intoxicated and couldn’t remember the incident, the affidavit states. The suspect said he got up in the middle of the night and found Butler’s body in the bathroom, before going back to the couch and passing out, according to the probable cause affidavit.

True said he got up the next morning and went to Lowe’s to buy a tool to cut the cast off of his arm. He later called his mother and told her he did something bad and would never be getting out of prison, court documents state.

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