Tried to murder her husband because he received a letter from an ex from 60 years ago/ravenryderslife
A Florida woman is accused of attempting to murder her husband after suffocating him with a pillow because he received a letter from his ex 60 years ago.
She also admitted to urinating on him and biting him.
Bertha Yalter, 71, is charged with attempted murder after the attack at their North Miami Beach home, although her husband and attorneys have argued that the charges are excessive and that it was all about a fight that got out of hand. The attorneys told The Post that the prosecution "exaggerated the allegations against her" and that Her husband of over 50 years really does not want her to go to jail.
Local media reported that the incident happened on Sunday, January 28. The police arrived at their home around 3:40 p.m. that day, in response to a man who called 911 and said that his wife tried to kill him, so According to the arrest report.
The quarrel began after the husband received a letter from his ex-girlfriend who lives in Turkey - with whom he dated 60 years ago, according to the accused's lawyer, Jeffrey Weiner.
When the woman found out about it, she allegedly bit, punched and tried to kill her husband by suffocating her with a pillow.
Detectives said they found the victim in "extremely fragile" condition with "multiple severe bruises and open cuts ... as well as open bite marks that were bleeding," WPLG reported, citing law enforcement.
Yalter also allegedly urinated on him, according to an arrest report cited by the station.
Bertha Yalter was charged with attempted murder of her husband by suffocating him with a pillow/documentation on social networks under Section 27 A of the Copyright Act, Miami-Dade County Jail
Part of the alleged confrontation was captured on his phone camera, and Vialter even admitted to the assault when she spoke to authorities, Law and Crime reported.
The detectives watched the footage and confirmed the husband's version.
Berta Yalter also admitted to taking her husband's cell phone at one point.
Weiner, Yalter's lawyer, claims that the husband wants the authorities off the case and said he is fine and there is no need to punish his wife.
He also denied that she tried to suffocate him with a pillow.
"They got into an argument, it got out of hand but there was no reason for her to be charged with attempted second degree murder," Weiner said.
Yalter is currently in custody awaiting a bail hearing.
If she is released, she will have to keep her distance from her husband under a court order, Weiner noted.
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Bertha Yalter was accused of trying to murder her husband by suffocating him with a pillow.
Husband Claims It's "No Big Deal"/Documentation on Social Media Under Section 27A of the Copyright Act, Miami-Dade County Jail
The husband regrets the complaint
"This thing has gotten so out of proportion, they are just sick of each other," said attorney Weiner about the couple, "this is the bottom line: this is a couple that has been married for 51 years.
The police are seriously investigating this case.
Our client's husband said that he is perfectly fine, that he regrets the complaint and what happened."
The husband was taken to the hospital for treatment only because the law enforcement authorities insisted that he get treatment, the defense attorney said. The husband stayed there for about three hours and was eventually released because the hospital staff could not to do anything for him due to the lack of serious injuries. "Attempted murder is an absurd charge," Bertha Yalter's attorney quoted his client's husband as telling him after the charges against her were filed that "it wasn't such a big deal."
The defense attorney expressed confidence that the judge in the case would be fair.
"I'm sure we're going to close this case quickly and for the best," Weiner said.
During the bail hearing, a public defender who was initially assigned to the case - and has since been replaced by private counsel - downgraded the charges against Berta.
The defense attorney claimed that the state often tries to paint such cases as attempted murder.
"Judge, there is nothing to indicate that she tried to kill him," the public defender said at one point during that hearing.
But the state attorney began reading from the arrest report to justify the more serious charges.
The prosecutor stated that the attempted suffocation with a pillow is an attempted murder in every respect because "the purpose of the action was to suffocate and kill him."
"I think she also admitted to urinating on him," the state's attorney said, "so, I think if you look at the totality of the circumstances, it appears to be more than a fight that got out of hand."
So far it has not been published what was written in the letter from the ex that provoked such an extreme reaction in the accused.
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