Husband stood over dying wife to record her final breaths after beating her for asking for a divorce, cops say

A California antheral bludgeoned and butchered his woman with a machete and dumbbells aft she told him she planned to divorcement him — past filmed and photographed her arsenic she died, according to police.

The husband, Shede Mao, 55, "took 2 photographs" and "took 2 video recordings" of his 49-year-old estranged woman portion she was "bloodied and injured" connected the crushed aft his fatal attack, according to tribunal documents obtained by Law&Crime.

Mao is accused of attacking his spouse aboriginal Monday greeting astatine a location successful San Jose. He is charged with execution successful Santa Clara County.

Police and prosecutors accidental Mao "macheted his estranged woman to death" aft repeatedly arguing with her implicit the past respective months. The unfortunate told Mao she wanted to divorcement him earlier this twelvemonth during 1 of their fights, and things continued to escalate betwixt them, according to tribunal documents.

A "roommate/coworker" told constabulary they saw the mates "engaged successful a verbal argument" connected Sunday evening, June 14, astatine a section buying center. "He described Shede and [the victim] astatine each other's look during the argument," the tribunal documents say.

At astir 12:45 a.m. Monday, the unfortunate called and texted a pistillate person of hers aft Mao allegedly attacked her. The person "observed a photograph wherever [the victim] was connected the crushed bloody and with disposable injuries," the tribunal documents recount.

"She besides saw a substance connection with a determination 'drop-pin,'" according to the documents. Police accidental the person called the victim's and Mao's phones repeatedly and Mao yet answered and asked her to telephone 911.

While connected the telephone with Mao, the person told constabulary she allegedly heard the unfortunate say, "Help," according to the tribunal documents. "She heard [the victim] notation to Shede arsenic 'husband' and requested thing to drink," the documents say. "Shede responded that helium was not her husband."

San Jose constabulary arrived astatine the location and recovered the unfortunate "dead successful a blood-spattered room," according to the Santa Clara County District Attorney's Office. Upon arrival, Mao allegedly walked extracurricular covered successful humor portion holding his phone.

Inside, constabulary reported that a chamber airy fixture successful the ceiling, the door, adjoining wall, and carpet were each "stained with blood." A ample machete with a "blood-stained blade" was found, on with 2 "blood-stained dumbbell escaped weights."

Police accidental the unfortunate suffered caput and look injuries, cuts to her close manus and a severed finger. A forensic reappraisal of Mao's telephone showed the photos and videos helium allegedly took of his estranged woman portion she was connected the ground, "bloodied and injured."

Mao is being held without bail and is scheduled to look successful tribunal connected July 30 for a plea hearing, according to online records.