Man killed wife, propped body on sofa so she could ‘watch’ kids open Christmas presents: prosecutor (msn.com)
A man propped his dead wife on the sofa, stuck sunglasses on her face and had their children open Christmas presents in front of her body, prosecutors said Monday.
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Wallace, now 39, “did what he always did, expecting (Preston) to survive like she always did,” Senior Deputy District Attorney Heather Brown told the court, according to The Register.
But that didn’t happen.
The next day, he dragged her body from the bedroom to the living room, arranged her body and told the children, “Mommy ruined Christmas, she got drunk and ruined Christmas,” according to The Register.
A man propped his dead wife on the sofa, stuck sunglasses on her face and had their children open Christmas presents in front of her body, prosecutors said Monday.
...
Wallace, now 39, “did what he always did, expecting (Preston) to survive like she always did,” Senior Deputy District Attorney Heather Brown told the court, according to The Register.
But that didn’t happen.
The next day, he dragged her body from the bedroom to the living room, arranged her body and told the children, “Mommy ruined Christmas, she got drunk and ruined Christmas,” according to The Register.
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