A well-respected dentist from Virginia Beach has been stabbed to death at his home over the weekend by one of his adult children during a family fight, police said.

The Virginia Beach Police Department said in a press release that just before 9 a.m. Sunday, officers were called to a house in the 1300 block of Wren Place, where they found Dr. Abbey Horwitz, 68, suffering from multiple stab wounds. He was pronounced dead at the scene.

Cops arrested Horwitz’s daughter, who they said is in the process of transitioning. They identified the suspect in the press release as a 34-year-old female named Michael “Norah” Horwitz.

The woman has been charged with second-degree murder and stabbing in the commission of a felony.

Police said Abbey Horwitz, a married father of three, was killed as a result of a domestic dispute, but they did not reveal a possible motive.

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