Authorities say a man was fatally stabbed Thursday night when he tried to rescue his girlfriend’s mother, who police believe was being held captive by her estranged husband in a Maplewood apartment. The man allegedly had strangled his wife, repeatedly punched her in the head and forced her to walk around naked.

The woman’s husband, Lloyd Matthew McKenzie, 52, has been charged with two counts of second-degree murder and one count of second-degree assault, according to the Ramsey County Attorney’s Office.

The Friday criminal complaint gave the following details:

On Thursday night, a woman went to check on her mother after not hearing from her for a few days. Shortly before 6 p.m., she arrived at her mother’s apartment in the 1900 block of East County Road D in Maplewood with her 33-year-o

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