Florida man beats pregnant wife to death
Four children watched mother die in brutal attack
A Florida man has beaten his pregnant wife to death following an argument over whether the baby was his, according to police.
Using a pipe wrench, 48-year-old Claude Sejour bludgeoned Marie Carmel Joseph in front of their four children.
According to newspapers in the state, Sejour then called 911 and waiting outside his Hollywood home for police to arrived.
The Sun Sentinel reports that Sejour told police: “I did it, I finished her and called police and went outside. I’m not crazy."
He has been charged with first-degree murder.
'Boyfriend on the phone'
Officers founds Joseph's body inside her home on a bed.
Police reports show that the couples 17-year-old daughter was shaking her mother's body when officers arrived, and that their other children – aged 14, 12 and four – were all nearby.
The reports note that Sejour told cops that he killed his wife after she put her boyfriend on the phone, who told the accused that Joseph was pregnant with his child.
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