A pregnant mom was found dead Wednesday at the bottom of a basement staircase inside her Brooklyn home – and cops suspect her husband strangled her.
Tonie Wells, 22, was found dead with bruising to her neck following the 9:50 a.m. incident at the Crown Heights residence on Sterling Place after neighbors reportedly heard the cries of her two-year-old daughter and called the cops.
Investigators are treating the death as a possible homicide, Deputy Chief Michael Kemper, Commanding Officer of Detective Borough Brooklyn North told reporters. .
Sources say cops are “actively looking for” Wells’ 29-year-old husband, Barry Wells, for questioning. “Witnesses heard an argument and something falling down the stairs,” a high-ranking police source said.
In September, 2017, the couple went viral after he tattooed her face on his back to mark their wedding anniversary.
Man who went viral for tattooing his wife on his back, allegedly strangles her to death
