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.