Man charged in steak knife killing

DANVILLE, Ind. (AP) -- - A central Indiana man has pleaded not guilty to charges he fatally stabbed his estranged wife with a steak knife while her daughters slept beside her.

Forty-one-year-old Joseph L. Warnock of Brownsburg was being held without bond in the Hendricks County Jail after his initial court appearance. Prosecutors charged him Wednesday with murder and invasion of privacy for violating a temporary protective order granted to his wife.

Warnock is accused of killing his 38-year-old wife, Angela Warnock, who filed for divorce Friday.

Authorities say his daughters, ages 8 and 12, were not injured in the attack Sunday and hid until their father left their home in the western Indianapolis suburb of Brownsburg.

Warnock was arrested Monday following a manhunt.

The judge gave Warnock 20 days to hire an attorney.