Rolando Garcia, 53, grabbed a knife from his car and stabbed Barbara Diaz several times.
Rolando Garcia's marriage had fallen apart after 10 years. He had moved out - but he hadn't moved on.
On Friday, about a month after leaving the Miami home he had shared with his wife, Garcia came back, hoping to reconcile.
But his wife, Barbara Diaz, told him that she wanted to end the relationship, according to an arrest affidavit.
Enraged, Garcia, 53, grabbed a knife from his car and stabbed Diaz several times as she was standing in the driveway of their home, the affidavit states. Diaz, 44, died immediately.
Garcia then left the scene. ABC affiliate WPLG reported that a relative found Diaz's body in the driveway.
Police said Garcia confessed multiple times to the crime.
According to a Miami-Dade Police Department statement, he drove about a mile to a nearby fire station, where he "made some statements to rescue personnel." At one point, while driving to the fire station, Garcia called family members and admitted that he had killed his wife, the affidavit states.
After his arrest, he also confessed to investigators, according to the affidavit.
Garcia has been charged with second-degree murder with a deadly weapon. He appeared in court Saturday, according to an online docket, and is being held without bond.
His public defender, Julia Seifer-Smith, did not return a call seeking comment.
Although the rate of violent acts committed against women by their spouses or intimate partners declined by 72 percent from 1994 to 2001, federal statistics show that women were more likely to be victims of homicides committed by their intimate partners.
Nearly 40 percent of the 3,032 homicides involving female victims in 2010 were committed by their intimate partners, according to the Bureau of Justice Statistics. Of the 10,878 homicides involving male victims, only 3 percent were committed by their intimate partners, according to the federal agency's data.
From 2002 to 2011, more than half of violent acts committed against women involved prior threats.
It's unclear whether there were previous incidents of domestic violence between Garcia and his wife. It also is unclear whether Diaz had filed or was planning to file for a divorce, or why their marriage had fallen apart.
A spokesman for the police department said no further information will be released.
© 2016 The Washington Post
(Except for the headline, this story has not been edited by NDTV staff and is published from a syndicated feed.)
On Friday, about a month after leaving the Miami home he had shared with his wife, Garcia came back, hoping to reconcile.
But his wife, Barbara Diaz, told him that she wanted to end the relationship, according to an arrest affidavit.
Enraged, Garcia, 53, grabbed a knife from his car and stabbed Diaz several times as she was standing in the driveway of their home, the affidavit states. Diaz, 44, died immediately.
Garcia then left the scene. ABC affiliate WPLG reported that a relative found Diaz's body in the driveway.
Police said Garcia confessed multiple times to the crime.
According to a Miami-Dade Police Department statement, he drove about a mile to a nearby fire station, where he "made some statements to rescue personnel." At one point, while driving to the fire station, Garcia called family members and admitted that he had killed his wife, the affidavit states.
After his arrest, he also confessed to investigators, according to the affidavit.
Garcia has been charged with second-degree murder with a deadly weapon. He appeared in court Saturday, according to an online docket, and is being held without bond.
His public defender, Julia Seifer-Smith, did not return a call seeking comment.
Although the rate of violent acts committed against women by their spouses or intimate partners declined by 72 percent from 1994 to 2001, federal statistics show that women were more likely to be victims of homicides committed by their intimate partners.
Nearly 40 percent of the 3,032 homicides involving female victims in 2010 were committed by their intimate partners, according to the Bureau of Justice Statistics. Of the 10,878 homicides involving male victims, only 3 percent were committed by their intimate partners, according to the federal agency's data.
From 2002 to 2011, more than half of violent acts committed against women involved prior threats.
It's unclear whether there were previous incidents of domestic violence between Garcia and his wife. It also is unclear whether Diaz had filed or was planning to file for a divorce, or why their marriage had fallen apart.
A spokesman for the police department said no further information will be released.
© 2016 The Washington Post
(Except for the headline, this story has not been edited by NDTV staff and is published from a syndicated feed.)
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