Traverse City -- Tedd Strieter wants to see his baby sister one last time.
"I want her back," he said. "She doesn't deserve this. Her life wasn't over yet."
Strieter's sister, Shari Lee Marvin, 46, died inside her Garfield Township apartment Thursday, and authorities charged her husband, Michael David Marvin, with an open count of murder after he allegedly stabbed her in the chest with a knife. Authorities found a knife at the scene, but would not say if it was the suspected murder weapon.
"We've been through everything," Strieter said. "Every time we were knocked down, we picked each other up."
That included their regular visits to a skating rink, a place they regularly visited in their younger years. Shari was the youngest of 14 siblings.
Strieter spoke with his sister this week to arrange an April trip to Allendale to watch her daughter graduate from college; Shari had five children.
Michael Marvin, 47, of Traverse City, remains in the Grand Traverse County Jail and faces up to life in prison, if convicted. He was arraigned and denied bond in 86th District Court on Friday.
Strieter said he liked Michael Marvin well enough, but did not trust him with his sister.
Shari Marvin often complained that her husband was abusive, but Strieter said she never reported altercations to authorities.
"We never thought it'd go this far," he said.
Shari Marvin's body was taken to Spectrum Health in Grand Rapids for an autopsy on Friday. Autopsy results were not readily available.
Authorities arrived at the couple's Garfield Township apartment around 7 a.m. Thursday after they received what they described as a panicked call from Michael Marvin.
He waited outside and directed authorities into their apartment on Glen Drive, where they found Shari Marvin face-up on a bed with blood on her hands and clothing.
Authorities later found Michael Marvin in the bathroom "in the act of cutting his neck area with a knife," court records show.
Emergency medical technicians transported him to Munson Medical Center, where he was admitted as a patient for a "reported suicide attempt with knife wounds to (the) neck area."
"I just can't believe it," said Cheryl Zachary, Michael Marvin's former wife. "It's somebody I wouldn't even have expected it out of."
Zachary and Michael Marvin divorced nearly 20 years ago, but she said she plans to attend any future court dates.
"It's not the person I know, and I've known him since he was 12 years old," she said. "I'm shocked because he was never like that to me. He never would raise a hand to me."
Michael told authorities he and Shari Marvin both drank alcohol the night of her death. They argued about infidelity, and Michael Marvin "stabbed his wife out of anger," court records show.
Authorities removed three young children from the home, sheriff's officials said. There was no indication of injuries to the children.
Funeral arrangements have yet to be finalized, but Shari Marvin's stepsister, Linda Reed, plans to officiate the funeral.
Reed doesn't expect it to be an easy task; she officiated the wedding between Michael and Shari Marvin six years ago.
"It's going to be tough," she said. "It's still kind of hard to believe. Nobody ever thinks something like this will happen."
Michael Marvin is expected to appear in court for a March 12 preliminary examination.
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