A man was arrested and faces a murder charge after his wife was found stabbed to death in McKinney, police said.

McKinney firefighters were performing a welfare check when they found the man's wife dead in their bedroom closet, with a stab wound to the neck.

A McKinney man, Eslam Mohamed, 42, was arrested Friday after his wife, Kubra Zafer, 40, was found dead. Police found Zafer in a closet with a stab wound to the neck after a welfare check at their home. Mohamed is charged with murder; his bond and a motive are currently unknown.

When officers with the McKinney Police Department responded to a welfare check, they found a woman dead in a closet.

McKinney Police say a man appears to have stabbed and killed his wife. They say relatives called 911 Friday worried Eslam Mohamed might have been having a medical emergency.