5/23/2006 UK Hair Dresser Killed at Door of Salon

Brian Whitfield, 44, is charged with the murder of Sharon Bell. She was found with stab wounds in the doorway of the New York hair salon as she arrived for work. As she opened the shop, she suffered a horrific attack from Whitfeld who used a sharp weapon and subsequently left. He said he did not believe recent vandal attacks on her car were linked to the murder. She had left him 6 months earlier but had experience multiple harassment and acts of vandalism. The Friday before, we car windows were smashed.