James Schumacher 'I killed my wife with a hatchet two days ago': 71-year-old husband's shocking confession to police

A 71-year-old man turned himself in to police two days after he killed his wife with a hatchet while she was sleeping.

James Schumacher told Bellevue, Washington police that he killed his wife Jean on Wednesday morning, locked the door to her bedroom, and only confessed on Friday.

The couple, who had been married for 46 years, had a long history of trouble and his wife Jean filed a protection order against him in 2010.

Neighbors knew that she was afraid of him and she had spoken about how he could be violent.

'She's mentioned that he's hit her and he's thrown her down the stairs,' Brad Dutson told The Seattle Times.

Around the time of the protective order, Jean told one of her neighbors that 'If I end up dead, he did it.' Read More