Wife's Arm Mysteriously Missing, Husband Arrested

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Wife's Arm Not Found; Man To Be Arraigned

Romulus, Michigan - A man whose wife mysteriously lost an arm early Sunday has been arrested and is expected to be arraigned today on several charges, including drunken driving causing serious injury, police said Wednesday.

Stephen Humphrey, 39, was being held in the Monroe County Jail. His wife, 34-year-old Brenda Humphrey, arrived at St. Joseph Mercy Hospital in Superior Township missing her right arm.

Police searched for the limb and for a possible crime scene for days, but found neither.

The arm was not severed cleanly, as would be the result of a knife or hatchet wound, but looked as if it had been torn off, police said.

Brenda Humphrey was listed in fair condition Wednesday at the hospital.

She and her husband initially told police they were driving away from a bar in Milan when Brenda Humphrey had to relieve herself. Her husband let her out of the car and drove up the road, they reportedly told police. When Stephen Humphrey returned, he said, he found his wife lying in a ditch, missing an arm. She told police that another car had hit her.

"From the get go, that's not a story we believed," said Monroe County Sheriff's Lt. Dale Malone, based in Bedford.

When the two were interviewed separately, their stories didn't match, Malone said. Police said Stephen Humphrey could be facing domestic violence charges as well.

Malone said there is evidence that the car was involved in a crash. The Michigan State Police lab is analyzing a sample of Humphrey's blood to determine its alcohol content.