'This is what happens when you cheat': Husband blew wife away with AR-15 in front of their son, admitted he 'could have forgave her but I didn't,' cops say

A California antheral says helium got blackout drunk and past blew his wife distant with an AR-15, shooting her dead successful beforehand of their teenage lad due to the fact that she allegedly "cheated" connected him, according to constabulary and tribunal documents.

"I f—ed up," Manuel Robles tin beryllium heard saying successful a body camera video captured connected the nighttime his wife, Ana Karen Robles, was murdered, according to Bakersfield constabulary and court documents obtained by Law&Crime.

Officers responded to the couple's location connected the nighttime of Nov. 26 and recovered Ana Robles suffering from aggregate gunshot wounds. She was pronounced dormant astatine the scene. Manuel Robles allegedly fled from their location successful his pickup motortruck aft the shooting and "rolled" it aggregate times aft crashing into a halfway median, constabulary say.

During his arrest, Manuel Robles was allegedly caught connected the assemblage camera talking astir what helium claims transpired with his wife, including statements made to constabulary arsenic helium was being taken into custody and successful a patrol vehicle.

"My woman cheated connected maine and I f—ed up," Robles allegedly said.

"She had enactment with different guy, I should've conscionable forgave her. … I could person forgave her but I didn't," helium told police, according to tribunal documents. "She didn't merit that, she didn't merit that."

Robles allegedly added, "She made a mistake and I killed her for it."

The couple's 15-year-old lad spoke to investigators and told them his parents were arguing implicit thing and helium intervened, according to police. He said that his ma was allegedly successful a fetal presumption connected their furniture and his dada was lasting implicit her with a handgun.

"You request to f—ing sound it off," the lad recounted telling Manuel Robles, portion besides calling him a "dips—," according to tribunal documents. The teen claimed Robles fired aggregate shots astatine a harmless earlier heading retired to the garage.

The 37-year-old allegedly returned with an AR-15 and blasted Ana Robles aggregate times earlier threatening to termination himself, the lad said. "This is what happens erstwhile you cheat," Robles allegedly told his woman earlier opening fire, according to their son.

Robles enactment the tube of the firearm successful his rima aft murdering Ana Robles, but didn't propulsion the trigger and the lad wrestled the weapon distant from him, according to tribunal documents.

While being taken into custody, cops accidental Manuel Robles repeatedly asked officers whether determination was a anticipation she survived his alleged attack. "Tell maine she's okay, archer maine she's okay," helium allegedly asked. "Is she okay? Is she okay?"

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Robles told investigators helium "blacked out" earlier the shooting aft drinking "almost 2 fifths of vodka," according to tribunal documents. He claimed helium drank "a fifth" and past near to get different arsenic helium continued "drinking harder and harder due to the fact that they had been going done immoderate s—," constabulary report. Robles was allegedly "crying" arsenic helium spoke to cops.

The couple's lad referred to his dada arsenic a "f—ing coward" and said helium was alert of the "cheating" allegations, according to tribunal documents. "He knew it was the opening of the extremity of the family," constabulary say, citing the teen's statements to cops.

Manuel Robles is charged with first-degree execution and is scheduled to look successful tribunal connected Feb. 11, 2026. He is being held without bail.