Police accuse woman of killing her husband in Gilbert

A woman has been arrested in connection to her husband's murder in Gilbert, police announced on Nov. 27.

51-year-old Ivanka Koleva is accused of second-degree murder after Gilbert Police found the body of 49-year-old Stefan Kolev inside a home near Guadalupe and Recker roads on Nov. 22.

Ivanka Koleva

Ivanka Koleva (MCSO)

Before the discovery of Kolev's body, officers responded to the home for a "citizens’ assist call where the reporting party requested a walk through of the residence."

Officers say he had been shot multiple times and stabbed and that Koleva purchased a gun just days before that matched the murder weapon.

Investigators are recommending second-degree murder charges against Koleva "in connection to her alleged involvement in her husband Stefan Kolev’s death."

She's being held on a million-dollar bond.

No more information is available.

Map of the area where the scene was reported:

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