Horrific video shows a jealous husband flying into a rage and bludgeoning his wife to death with a crowbar at a bus stop in Washington He...
Horrific video shows a jealous husband flying into a rage and bludgeoning his wife to death with a crowbar at a bus stop in Washington Heights, as bystanders scream in horror.
The victim Maria Kelly, 49, died Friday, four days after the attack at the corner of Fort Washington Avenue and West 163rd Street in New York City.
Her husband Julio Aponte, 63, was initially charged with attempted murder and assault, but he is now expected to be charged with murder.
The attack took place at 7am Monday, June 14 and deeply disturbing video shows the savage attack unfold at the bus stop as Aponte yelled 'How dare you cheat on me?'
Julio Aponte, 63, is seen in disturbing video obtained by DailyMail.com beating his wife and smashing her with a crowbar at a bus stop in Washington Heights
rAponte, wearing a black hoodie and black pants, is seen straddling his wife as he bludgeons her with the crowbar covered in plastic
Aponte was initially charged with attempted murder and assault, but he's now expected to be charged with murder
Aponte, wearing a black hoodie and black pants, is seen straddling his wife, who was lying beneath him on the pavement.
Aponte and his wife Maria Kelly, 49, who died Friday, four days after the attack
He repeatedly bashed her head with a crowbar covered with a plastic bag, making a loud banging sound.
Bystanders screamed for him to stop, but he continued the assault.
He struck Kelly, a mother of two and school aide, three times in the video.
With her sprawled out lifeless on the curb, he then threw the bag under the bus stop bench, making a clanking sound.
Aponte then stood up, slowly, tossed a backpack aside and stood beside her, gesturing with both arms as he continued to shout at his apparently unconscious wife.
Bystanders gasped in horror, yelled, videotaped him and called 911.
Aponte lingered for a few more seconds before he stepped away.
He fled on a motorcycle then was arrested nearby a few minutes later, police said.
Aponte later dumped the motorcycle and told a parking attendant that he had killed his wife, according to the New York Post.
Aponte fled on a motorcycle then was arrested nearby a few minutes later, police said
Bystanders gasped in horror, yelled, videotaped him and called 911, but Aponte continued the gruesome attack
Kelly was taken by ambulance to Columbia Presbyterian Medical Center where she went into cardiac arrest due to her injuries and later died
The parking attendant reportedly urged Aponte to call the police.
He eventually called 911 and confessed to killing his wife because she had cheated on him, police said.
Officers found his wife on the ground, unconscious and with severe head trauma.
Kelly was taken by ambulance to Columbia Presbyterian Medical Center where she went into cardiac arrest due to her injuries and later died.
Aponte's charges could possibly be upgraded to murder, which would be handled by the Manhattan District Attorney's Office.
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