Washington woman was stabbed 48 times, husband’s claim of ‘home invasion,’ upended when police saw Ring camera

Kyle Wayland Cathcart, 41, of Covington, Washington, is charged with premeditated first-degree murder in connection with the May 1 death of Jodi Ann Cathcart, 36

Cathcart was accused of stabbing his wife to death before attempting to stage the crime to appear like she had been killed in a home invasion

According to reports, police noticed that Ring camera footage did not show anyone entering the home, only exiting

Figure caught in Ring camera also had same height and build as Cathcart

In his police interview he recanted the ‘home invasion story,’ admitting he killed Jodi wearing her clothing, emptied her wallet and smeared blood near the garage door

He is being held on a $60million bond

Kyle Cathcart, [left], of the city of Covington, has been accused of stabbing his wife, Jodi [left], to death before staging the scene and calling it in as a home invasion

A 41-year-old man from Covington, Washington, has been charged with murder, accused of killing his wife on May 1, and then attempting to cover it up by staging a home invasion.
Making his first court appearance on May 6, Kyle Wayland Cathcart is charged with premeditated first-degree murder in connection with the May 1 death of his wife,Jodi Ann Cathcart, 36.
He is also charged withe lesser crimes of being armed with a deadly weapon as well as the charge of committing a crime near their three minor children.
Investigators say Kyle Cathcart attempted to stage the crime scene to look like a home invasion.
The paper reported that Cathcart allegedly called 911 and reported that he and his wife had been stabbed in a home invasion.

Jodi, [photo left], the assistant co-director of Foster Champs of Washington, was pronounced dead after being found in the bedroom. She had been stabbed 48 times. Her husband Kyle Cathcart had minor wounds to the eye and abdomen.
According to court documents, Cathcart told detectives that around 6:15 am, he heard Jodi Cathcart yell his name twice before emerging from the en suite bathroom connected to the bedroom.
that is when he saw a figure dressed in dark clothing stabbing her with a kitchen knife.
Cathcart told investigators he confronted the intruder, who “poked” him in the stomach with the knife before fleeing the room.
Fearing for his children, Cathcart said he chased the person into a hallway but was knocked unconscious during a struggle.
The 911 call was placed at 7:25 am, but when police checked the home’s Ring camera, they saw a person in dark clothing exiting the home, but no footage of the person entering the home was found.
The family’s Ring camera captured a supposed intruder leaving the home. However, investigators found no footage of anyone entering before the murder.
Investigators also noticed the person in the Ring camera footage was of the same height and build as Kyle Cathcart.
Detectives later recovered clothing matching the suspect’s outfit from a neighbor’s garbage can. Family members identified one item as Jodi Cathcart’s sweater.
Investigators found an empty wallet and blood stains near the garage keypad and noted that someone familiar with the home and its garage code could have entered and exited without appearing on camera.
Cathcart, it is alleged, later confessed admitted to the crime during his police interview. He also claimed that he tried to kill himself with the murder weapon.
Cathcart allegedly, told Investigators that he put on Jodi’s clothes, stabbed her multiple times and then attempted to kill himself with the knife.
He further admitted, according to court documents, that he removed items from Jodi’s wallet and fleeing through the front door to stage a burglary, before re-entering through a rear door to avoid being recorded. Part of the confession allegedly, is that he smeared blood on the garage door and placing the knife in plain view in the hallway, according to investigators.
Investigators also detailed a prior incident from 2024 involving the couple. Kyle Cathcart told investigators, “he took ZzzQuil one night, and the next morning, Jodi told him he attempted to smother her with a Saran-wrapped pillow,” according to court documents.
The motivation prosecutors allege, was Cathcart trying to prevent his wife discovering he had lied about supposed incoming lawsuit money.
“Rather than simply ask for a divorce, if he was so deeply unhappy with his life, the defendant chose to stab/slice his wife at least 48 times, with his minor children just a few yards away and in easy listening range of the victim’s screams,” deputy prosecuting attorney Thomas O’Ban wrote in a charging document.
Cathcart who has entered a plea, is being held on $60 million bond.
The couple’s three adoptive children, all under the age of 8, have been placed in the custody of now members.