William Hager turns himself into police after shooting his wife to death in her sleep 'because she was sick and they couldn't afford medicine'
Daily Mail
May 17, 2016
An 86-year-old Florida man has been charged with first-degree murder after he allegedly shot his wife in the head, saying she was ill and they couldn't afford medication.
Local media says William Hager was arrested Monday after he called the St. Lucie County Sheriff's Office.
Deputies say Hager led investigators to a bedroom where the body of his 78-year-old wife, Carolyn Hager, was on the bed covered in a blanket. She had a bullet wound to the head. He told them she had been ill but they couldn't afford medicine.
He told detectives he had been contemplating shooting her for days. He said she wanted to die but never asked him to kill her.
He woke up on Monday and grabbed a revolver from his nightstand. He then went into his wife's bedroom and shot her while she was still sleeping, around 7:30am.
Hager says he then made coffee and called his daughters to tell them what happened, before finally calling 911 around 12:50pm.
'I want to apologize I didn’t call earlier, I wanted to tell my kids what happened first,' detectives say Hager said.
Hager was being held without bail Tuesday. The public defender's office had no comment.
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