An 80-year-old man is behind bars after he allegedly killed his spouse with a hammer inside their Maryland house.
Vivian Stewart Nation was arrested on first-degree homicide costs within the dying of 78-year-old Beverly Rose Fletcher.
Police responded to the couple’s house on the Leisure World senior neighborhood in Montgomery County, Maryland, round 6 p.m. on Saturday to seek out Fletcher unresponsive.
A hammer was nonetheless pressed towards her neck and a bloodied knife and screwdriver have been discovered close by, based on courtroom paperwork obtained by The Washington Submit.
Vivian Stewart Nation was arrested on first-degree homicide costs within the dying of 78-year-old Beverly Rose Fletcher (Montgomery County Police Division)
Authorities mentioned Fletcher had suffered a number of stab wounds and there have been indicators of blunt pressure trauma.
Nation, who had blood on him on the scene, was taken in for questioning the place he reportedly informed detectives the couple had argued over a problem along with his physician earlier than he pushed his spouse to the bottom.
“He then acquired on high of her and pushed a hammer towards her throat, urgent the hammer down with each palms,” based on the courtroom paperwork.
Nation is being held with out bond and is scheduled to look in courtroom on Monday.