MINEOLA, N.Y. — A man confessed to strangling his wife during a fight over his alleged cheating, dumping her body near a highway and then making it appear as if she had been a victim of random violence, police said Thursday.
William Walsh, 29, is accused of strangling his wife, Leah, during a fight in their Long Island home after he returned from a trip to Atlantic City last weekend. He was ordered held without bail after pleading not guilty to a second-degree murder charge Thursday.
The mystery began Monday when Leah Walsh, 29, failed to arrive for her job as a special- education teacher and her car was found on the side of a road. Suspicion quickly fell on the husband, who made two days of tearful appeals asking for help in finding his wife.
