Elderly woman found beaten to death with a hammer after husband talked about suicide pact, police say

Elderly woman found beaten to death with a hammer after husband talked about suicide pact, police say


Neighbors of an elderly couple in Florida were stunned to find out the wife had been beaten to death with a hammer and her husband had been arrested for the grisly crime.

The Groveland Police Department said officers were called to a residence on Way Point Drive in Lake County on Sunday at about 9 p.m. for a wellness check.

‘Police found that DiFraia made comments about a suicide pact involving pills about a month before the gruesome incident.’

When they entered the home, they found 82-year-old Vincent DiFraia sitting in his living room with a vacant look on his face and bleeding from injuries they determined to be self-inflicted.

He was transported to Orlando Health South Lake Hospital for treatment.

When officers searched the rest of the house,

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