Husband faces murder charge after wife’s fatal stabbing at southwest Columbus mobile home on Dyer Road

Case filed after Feb. 23 incident in the 1600 block of Dyer Road

A 38-year-old man has been charged with murder in connection with the stabbing death of his wife inside a southwest Columbus mobile home, a case that investigators continue to examine more than a week after police first responded to the scene.

Franklin County Municipal Court records list Porfirio Sanchez-Eufracio as the defendant in the murder case. The victim was identified as 35-year-old Hairacema Sanchez.

What police say happened

Police were dispatched to the 1600 block of Dyer Road on the morning of Feb. 23, 2026. A responding supervisor said officers arrived around 9 a.m. and found a woman unresponsive inside a mobile home and a man seriously injured. The woman was pronounced dead at the scene, while the man was taken to a hospital in critical condition.

Subsequent reporting tied to the court filing states that Sanchez-Eufracio was located at the front door with injuries when officers arrived. In that account, the defendant told officers he had been involved in a fight with his wife. The same records describe the victim as having suffered a deep cut to her neck.

• Location: 1600 block of Dyer Road, southwest Columbus

• Date of response: Feb. 23, 2026

• Charge: Murder (filed in Franklin County Municipal Court)

Arrest and court posture

Authorities said the injured man was hospitalized after the incident and later booked into the Franklin County jail on the murder charge. Municipal court filings reflect the charge at the preliminary stage of the case, where prosecutors and detectives typically continue collecting evidence while initial hearings proceed.

Investigators have not publicly detailed a motive, whether a weapon has been recovered, or what led to the police response beyond the initial call for service. Police indicated early in the investigation that it was too soon to determine exactly what happened, while describing the scene as “very gruesome.”

What is known—and what remains unclear

At this stage, the publicly verified record establishes that two people inside the home suffered stab wounds, one of them fatal, and that the victim’s husband is now the sole person charged.

Police have not announced additional suspects or publicly described evidence beyond what appears in initial court documentation and early on-scene statements.

The investigation remains active. As the case advances, additional details are expected to emerge through formal charging documents, court hearings, and any later determinations on indictment, bond, and trial scheduling.