Suspect named in Wilbarger County homicide

A suspect has been arrested in the death of a 42-year-old Vernon woman. A release from the Department of Public Safety says 38-year-old Toby James Armstrong was arrested on suspicion of stabbing and killing Rose Mary Alonzo.

[family member]

i would like to know what is going on in this case..

[april]

Toby was in self defense mode, she had every intension of killing him when they met that night. She was no angel in this case, she went for him, and he paniced, He wrote a letter to my husband, saying "it was her or me bro" there are alot more details in the case, but I can't explain here.

[Stephen J]

family member wrote:

i would like to know what is going on in this case..

What happened is that Toby Armstrong got 45 years in prison and will die there. Thank goodness.

And this relative of his that is saying he is innocent is nuts. "It was her or me"? That is ridiculous.

Let me ask you something April, if someone tried to kill you, what would you do? Bingo, you would go directly to the police station and say, "Oh my god, this person tried to kill me and I had to defend myself. I am so scared, this was terrible."

What did Toby do? He went over to a friends house and drank some beer. Then he lied to the police on several occassions and told them he knew nothing about what happened to Rose Mary. THEN, a few days after the murder he comes up with this self defense thing.

Yeah, that is REAL believable. Well, I guess it is if you aren't very smart.