Woman who killed man goes free

WARREN — A woman who killed a man with a knife from under her shirt during an argument July 28 walked out of Trumbull County jail a free woman on Thursday after a Trumbull County grand jury refused to indict her.

Melanie Ferrell, 37, of Washington Street, no longer faces any charges in the death of Craig A. Holliday, 39, of North Park Avenue, said Diane Barber, a Trumbull County assistant prosecutor.

Ferrell told a Warren police officer: “I can’t believe I stabbed him,” and was taken to the police station for questioning after the 11:45 p.m. stabbing in the parking lot of USA Gas Mart on North Park Avenue.

A Warren police report said Ferrell and Holliday had been drinking and arguing and that Holliday was “keeping the argument going and being aggressive” toward Ferrell.

Holliday is believed to have pulled a paint can lid remover from his belt and used it to cause a superficial scratch on Ferrell’s chest, below one breast, and Ferrell then pulled a knife out from under her shirt and stabbed Holliday in the chest.

Holliday then walked to his apartment next to the gas station, where he collapsed.