articleThe Brief Christina Copley, 41, is accused of killing her husband, 82-year-old Ed Copley, on July 18 near Power and McDowell roads. A woman accused of killing her husband at their Mesa home has been arrested. Before the officers arrived, police say 41-year-old Christina Copley was holding a bloody knife when she told a neighbor that she stabbed her husband. Inside Copley's home, police found her husband, 82-year-old Ed Copley, with multiple stab wounds. Christina Copley was booked into jail and is accused of second-degree murder.