MCHENRY, Ill. (AP) — A suburban Chicago man has pleaded guilty to stabbing his wife to death with a screwdriver in 2015.
The Daily Herald in Arlington Heights reported Monday that 46-year-old Javier Bahena-Arellano of McHenry entered the plea in exchange for a 30-year prison term.
Officials say he stabbed 42-year-old Francisca Quintero-Montoya at an Elk Grove Village hospital.
Cook County Assistant State’s Attorney Denise Loiterstein says the couple and family were at the hospital grieving the death of her brother from a heart attack.
Loiterstein says Bahena-Arellano believed his wife was cheating on him, retrieved a screwdriver from his truck and followed Quintero-Montoya into a restroom, where he locked the door and stabbed her.
Prosecutors say relatives heard her screaming and tried to rescue her.
They had been married 20 years.