A Connecticut Navy sailor has allegedly beaten his estranged wife to death with a hammer on Wednesday before lighting the home on fire with their infant son still inside.
The 13-month-old baby was successfully rescued by firefighters who discovered him in his crib on the residence’s second floor.
23-year-old George Dodson had self-inflicted wounds when he confronted police in the backyard, telling them: “I did this. I killed her.”
“We opened up our relationship and she found another man she loved more and I could not stand the thought of it, so I killed her,” he added.
The 22-year-old woman was pronounced dead at the scene after her body was located on the first floor of the burning home.
Dodson was a second-class petty officer assigned to the USS Newport News as an electronics technician for nuclear.
