Deadly Phoenix stabbing: Woman allegedly calls police and says she stabbed her family member

PHOENIX - A woman is dead and another woman is in jail after a stabbing in Phoenix on Sunday afternoon, the department said. Police say they were family members.

Investigators say 27-year-old Icess Woodcox called 911 and said she had stabbed another woman inside a home near 51st Avenue and Thomas Road around 1:40 p.m. on April 14.

"Officers located the home and made entry finding an adult female, later identified as 75-year-old Ruby Pittman, with at least one stab wound. Pittman did not survive her injuries and was pronounced deceased on scene," Phoenix Police Sgt. Rob Scherer said.

Woman arrested in deadly Phoenix stabbing

Icess Woodcox, 27, is accused of fatally stabbing her family member, 75-year-old Ruby Pittman, near 51st Avenue and Thomas Road.

Woodcox reportedly admitted to police that she was responsible for the woman's death. For now, police say the two women are family members but cannot say exactly how they're related.

Woodcox was booked into jail and is accused of murder.