A Dallas man has been charged with the murder of his girlfriend after police found the bedroom they shared covered with blood from “floor to ceiling.”

Stephen Selmon called 911 on the afternoon of June 26 and told police that Isis Adger, his girlfriend of two years, “appeared to be dead,” according to an arrest warrant affidavit obtained by Fox 4 KDFW. However, the 61-year-old was not calling from the Old East Dallas apartment he shared with the 51-year-old victim.

Selmon allegedly told 911 dispatchers that after waking up and finding Adger beaten to death in their bathroom, he attempted to clean some of the blood off of her, moved her to their living room, and then went to Kansas City for his job as a truck driver.

He went on to claim that he was being framed for her murder. He suggested that his downstairs neighbors might have spiked his drink “with Visine” the night before and then killed Adger, per Fox 4.

In response to Selmon’s call, Dallas police officers went to the apartment in the 1500 block of North Haskell Avenue. They discovered Adger dead with severe injuries to her face. The affidavit said officers also found large amounts of blood splattered “from the floor to the ceiling” of the bedroom, per Fox 4.

Investigators say a broken bedpost may have been the murder weapon.

While being questioned by the police, Selmon’s neighbors said they had heard a loud argument between the couple the night before, then complete silence. Violence between them was documented, with Adger being arrested for allegedly punching Selmon in late May. Selmon’s criminal record shows he has previous charges of family violence and aggravated assault with a deadly weapon.

After two weeks of conducting an investigation, Dallas police arrested Selmon and charged him with the murder of Adger. Selmon is being held in the Dallas County jail with a bond of $500,000.

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

“… [S]eeing the apartment and the condition of the apartment, it is traumatizing,” she told Fox 4.

According to Makeya, her sister had only been living in Dallas for two years before she was murdered by Selmon. She believes the murder was a case of domestic violence.

Family violence offenses have continued across Dallas, with 7,870 such crimes logged as of July 24, according to data from the City’s crime analytics dashboard. Of the 123 murders clocked, 20 have been categorized as family violence.

Adger was killed in Jesse Moreno’s District 2, which is one of two council districts comprising Downtown Dallas. District 2 has seen 12 murders so far this year, and violent crime overall — especially assaults — continues to be a drain on the area. Moreno has been rated dead last by his constituents in terms of effectiveness in The Dallas Express‘ Dallas Derby.

It is noteworthy that Downtown Dallas has considerably more crime than Fort Worth’s city center, as demonstrated by monthly comparative analyses from the Metroplex Civic & Business Association (MCBA).

While previously speaking with DX, MCBA CEO Louis Darrouzet has blamed this discrepancy on City leaders’ apparent reluctance to strengthen the police force.

Fort Worth patrols its downtown area with a specialized neighborhood police unit and private security guards. Meanwhile, the Dallas Police Department is understaffed, with just 3,000 officers fielded despite a City report recommending closer to 4,000, and operates with a smaller budget than other high-crime cities. This fiscal year, City leaders approved DPD a budget of just $654 million.