Newlywed Murder: Wife Kills Husband in Long Island
A woman who was just married in September was charged with killing her husband in their Merrick home Wednesday morning. Police say Kelly Forbes, 29, called 911 after strangling 51-year-old Michael Forbes with an electrical cord. What's more, she made "incriminating statements to police," which led to a second-degree murder charge.
On their wedding day, Michael Forbes had announced that the couple would be moving to Merrick, where he bought a split level home with a two-car garage and in-ground pool, and his uncle remembered, "Everyone thought it was nice, was happy for him." But his wife, born in Trinidad and had lived in Brooklyn before the marriage, may not have been happy about that: A neighbor told the Post that she had missed the city, "She doesn't like it here. She wants to move back to Brooklyn."
Kelly Forbes is being held without bail in jail. Her 7-year-old daughter from a previous relationship was in the house during the murder, sleeping in a different bedroom. Investigators do not believe her husband was sleeping when strangled (there were signs of a "minor struggle") and are awaiting toxicology reports to see if he was drugged - Michael Forbes was 6'1" and 250 pounds while Kelly Forbes, who had worked as a medical assistant, is 5'5" and 150 pounds.
