A Pennsylvania man who had tried to strangle his wife earlier this year is now accused of fatally stabbing her inside her Springfield Township home on Wednesday.
Investigators believe Kenneth Shea, 37, took an Uber from the Comfort Inn where he has been staying for several days to his estranged wife’s home at 12:36 a.m.
The suspect then took another Uber back to the hotel at 3:58 a.m. when video surveillance caught him entering his room while wearing camouflage pants.
Bensalem Police arrested Shea at the hotel after his estranged wife, Elizabeth Shea, was found stabbed to death inside her blood-stained, locked bedroom.
Detectives with the Montgomery County Sheriff’s Office said that blood was found in the victim’s bathroom and “four hard drives from the home’s digital recording units and three cellphones had been discarded in the bathroom sink and toilet.”
“This is a tragic case, and our hearts go out to the family of Elizabeth Shea,” DA Kenneth Steele said.
The suspect was in January arrested for simple assault and strangulation for choking Elizabeth who was then issued a protection order against him.
