Dallas man charged with girlfriend's murder after apartment found with blood from 'floor to ceiling', docs say

DALLAS - Dallas police say a man beat his girlfriend to death, skipped town and then claimed that he was drugged and being framed for her murder.

Witnesses say they heard arguing the night it happened and then complete silence.

On the afternoon of June 26, Stephen Selmon, 61, called 911 and told them his girlfriend of two years, 51-year-old Isis Adger, "appeared to be dead," according to an arrest warrant affidavit.

Stephen Selmon (Source: Dallas County Jail)

Selmon told dispatchers that he woke up, saw his girlfriend and ran from his apartment because he claimed he was being framed for murder. He later told 911 that he had left the city and was in Kansas City for his job as a truck driver.

Police went to the apartment on N. Haskell Avenue in Old East Dallas and found Adger dead with severe bruises and other injuries to her face.

The arrest warrant affidavit says officers saw a large amount of blood spattered "from the floor to the ceiling" of the bedroom walls.

Police also found a broken bedpost they say was "possibly used to commit the offense."

Neighbors told police they had heard a loud argument the night before.

Selmon claimed he was asleep on the night of the killing and that he woke up to find Adger beaten and bloody in the bathroom. He told police he had tried to clean some of the blood and moved her into the living room. 

Selmon then told police that he believed his drink had been ‘spiked with Visine’ and that his downstairs neighbors may have broken in and committed the crime, according to the documents.

Police arrested Selmon, 61, and charged him with Adger's murder.

Adger’s sister, Makeya Adger, came to Dallas from Florida to pick up her sister’s belongings. 

"Even after seeing the apartment and the condition of the apartment, it is traumatizing," she said.

Makeya believes this was a case of domestic violence. 

"I said I don’t like what is happening here, and I don’t think this is a good person," she said.

During the investigation, a Dallas detective was made aware of an incident between Adger and Selmon a month before the murder. Adger was arrested for allegedly punching Selmon.

"He took a wonderful beautiful human, exceptional human from the Earth for selfish reasons," Makeya said.

Selmon is currently in the Dallas County Jail where he is being held on a $500,000 bond.