Man Arrested For Murdering Estranged Wife In Royse City

On February 16, 2023, at 12:08 p.m., the Royse City, Texas, police department answered a call to a residence in the 2500 block of Perdenales Drive for a welfare check. When they arrived, officers saw evidence of a struggle, including broken glass and overturned furniture. They then found a woman, 37, lying on the kitchen floor, deceased. That woman was identified as the owner of the home, Chelsie Loren Griffin.

As an investigation took place, officers identified Corey Wayne Griffin, Chelsie Griffin’s estranged husband, as a suspect in the killing. He was found in Rockwall, was apprehended, and is being held in the Rockwall County Detention Center for first-degree murder, a felony.