An American man from Texas has admitted to the cops that he sh0t and k!lled his terminally ill wife and then turned the gun on himself.
Ernest Leal Sr., 88, told police his wife said she was sick and ‘no longer wished to live’ after he was taken in for questioning by the Galveston Police Department.
Police believe Leal shot his wife, Anita ‘Annie’ Leal, in the head as the 89-year-old lay in her bed on November 17 just before 5 am, reported Houston station KPRC.
She was found on the floor of their two-story home.
Leal claimed he meant to take his own life, too, but the gun didn’t go off.
Cops were called to the home on the Texas Gulf Coast after a medical alert device reported a potential emergency, police revealed.
The personal emergency device allows a user to call for help by pressing a wearable button.
Authorities have not disclosed what illness Annie suffered from; however, her husband claims she did not want to suffer any more.
After confessing to shooting his wife of 65 years, Leal told investigators he was ‘going crazy’ at the time.
The couple share three grown children, several grandchildren, and great-grandchildren who called the deceased ‘Mimi’ or ‘Mimi Annie’, her obituary reads.
Meanwhile, Leal has already made his first court appearance on the murder charge where he was wheeled in on a wheelchair.
During the court hearing, his bond was lowered from $250,000 to $80,000