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Cops: Wife <em>Literally</em> Kills Husband After Finding Porn DVD
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John Del Signore
Published Sep 10, 2010
Modified Sep 10, 2010
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Published Sep 10, 2010
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A Brooklyn woman is accused of murdering her husband in their Bushwick apartment, and police believe the motive was porn. Shellyann Henry, 32, allegedly stabbed her husband Rudolph Henry, 44, to death last night in front of their 4-year-old son. According to the NYPD, Mrs. Henry was about to leave for work when she discovered her husband's pornographic DVD, poorly stashed inside the living room DVD player.
A neighbor who overheard Mrs. Henry speaking with police tells the Post that Shellyann and her husband "had been watching a show about Africa on television. Her young son was home at the time and about to go to bed, and Shellyann, who worked nights, was preparing to leave the apartment. According to the neighbor, Henry explained to the police that at a certain point, her husband slapped her two times and said, 'Today is going to be my day to go to jail.' " Another neighbor tells the Daily News, "She's a great mom, but she lost it. She was screaming to police that he [had] porn with their 4-year-old son."
Shellyann Henry, who has three children, was charged with second-degree murder and criminal possession of a weapon. Investigators believe the 4-year-old boy witnessed his father's murder.
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John Del Signore
Originally from the Albany area, John Del Signore has called NYC home since 1995. In addition to his thousands of meticulously-crafted bespoke blog posts for Gothamist, his writing has also been published in The Awl, Deadspin, The Nervous Breakdown, and performed at The Brick Theater in Brooklyn.
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