Dad killed sleeping wife with hammer in front of son

A Florida man allegedly used a hammer to kill his wife while she was sleeping in bed with their young son, according to officials.

Marc Alan Berkowitz, 42, was arrested Thursday in the grisly murder of Anastasiya Savitskaya at their Plantation home, news station WBBH reported.

Police claim Berkowitz bludgeoned his 33-year-old wife because he was upset that she wanted to leave him and had exchanged texts with another man.

During the bloody assault, Berkowitz reportedly told his 7-year-old son who had awoken to “turn over” so he wouldn’t witness the scene.

The boy, however, later told investigators that he saw the “boo boo” on his mother’s head and watched his father drag her into the living room.

Authorities said the child told them that “mommy wouldn’t wake up” after the alleged assault.

Berkowitz admitted to police that he strangled his wife in the living room to “put her out of her misery.”

He then allegedly woke up his mother, Barbara Waterson, to confess to the horrific slaying, WBBH reported. Waterson called 911 but Berkowitz grabbed the phone and told the dispatcher, “I killed my wife.”

Berkowitz is being held without bail at the Broward County Jail on charges for premeditated murder.

via:  https://nypost.com/2018/07/03/dad-killed-sleeping-wife-with-hammer-in-front-of-son-cops/