Police: Woman stabs man, calls 911

OCALA - An Ocala woman called 911 at 1:57 a.m. Monday to say she had stabbed her boyfriend during a confrontation.

Ocala police and fire officials arrived at the Oaktree Village home to find that Shawn D. Haney, 45, had been stabbed repeatedly in the upper torso. A Fire Rescue paramedic pronounced him dead at the home, 4037 N.W. Blitchton Road, Lot 10-D.

The caller, Donna Pickelsimer, 50, was wearing blood-stained clothes and reeked of alcohol, according to the Ocala Police Department. Pickelsimer did not speak with detectives and declined an interview with the Star-Banner, but she had told the dispatcher that the weapon - a steak knife - was on the floor in the residence. Police officials recovered the weapon.

Pickelsimer - who had lived in the apartment with Haney - was charged with second-degree murder.

A recording of the 911 call includes sometimes seemingly matter-of-fact responses from Pickelsimer.

"My boyfriend's outside," she told the dispatcher. "He's been stabbed, and he's bleeding profusely because he takes Plavix (an anti-clotting drug) to begin with."

"Who stabbed him?" the dispatcher asked.

"I did," Pickelsimer answered.

"You stabbed him?" the dispatcher asked again.

"Yes, I did," she answered.

When asked why she had stabbed Haney, Pickelsimer responded with one word: "Confrontation."

Haney was charged with domestic battery in March after he allegedly hit and pushed Pickelsimer to the ground during an argument. Haney was found guilty by County Judge Steven Rogers and served 22 days in Marion County Jail.

Haney wrote Rogers on May 29, asking for a lesser penalty and expressing the idea that he had learned his lesson.

"Although my situation is dire, I am hopeful I can remain positive and hope I can learn all I can from the [domestic violence] classes," Haney's letter reads, "so that a future relationship would be a successful one."

Monday morning, Pickelsimer told the dispatcher Haney was still bleeding when she went inside to get the phone. But when she returned to his body outside, Pickelsimer exclaimed, "Oh, my God, I think he's dead."

He did not appear to be breathing, she said. "There is no pulse, ma'am. There is no pulse. There is no pulse."

It sounded as if Pickelsimer was becoming increasingly upset, while neighborhood laughter could be heard in the background.

"What's the matter?" the dispatcher asked.

"I don't think he's alive no more," she said.

A police officer detained Pickelsimer when he arrived. She was taken to the Marion County Jail.

Joe VanHoose may be reached at joe.vanhoose@starbanner.com or at 867-4124.