{"id":4527,"date":"2025-10-16T19:25:24","date_gmt":"2025-10-16T19:25:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/4527\/"},"modified":"2025-10-16T19:25:24","modified_gmt":"2025-10-16T19:25:24","slug":"man-arrested-charged-with-homicide-after-allegedly-telling-police-he-killed-his-wife-in-bethlehem-northampton-county","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/4527\/","title":{"rendered":"Man arrested, charged with homicide after allegedly telling police he killed his wife in Bethlehem, Northampton County"},"content":{"rendered":"

BETHLEHEM, Pa. (WPVI) — A man is charged with brutally killing his wife in their Bethlehem, Pennsylvania home.<\/p>\n

James Frank allegedly cut his wife’s throat with a steak knife and then beat her with a hammer and mallet to make sure she was dead, the Northampton County District Attorney’s Office said.<\/p>\n

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Police found Deborah Glaser’s body Tuesday morning when they went to the 2100 block of 3rd street for a welfare check after Frank had not shown up for work for several days.<\/p>\n

Investigators say Frank opened the door, told officers what happened, and said Glaser’s body was in the bathroom.<\/p>\n

Police also found knives, razor blades, a box cutter, a hammer, and a mallet nearby.<\/p>\n

District Attorney Stephen Baratta says the details of this case are beyond disturbing.<\/p>\n

“It was gruesome and, on a very human level, upsetting – especially given that it’s a domestic situation,” he said.<\/p>\n

Baratta says what remains unclear is the motive, and when the murder took place.<\/p>\n

“At this point, that is still under investigation. We can’t confirm how long she had been dead, but it was pretty clear that it was many hours,” he said.<\/p>\n

Frank was arrested and charged with criminal homicide.<\/p>\n

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