A heavily pregnant newlywed woman killed her Air Force husband by pushing him out of a 17th floor window, it has been reported. Joshua Hilberling, 23, from Tulsa, Oklahoma, had allegedly packed his bags and told his wife he was leaving her after less than a year of marriage on Tuesday when she viciously pounced.
He fell 17 floors from the University Club tower building where they lived to his death on a parking garage below – and when 19-year-old wife Amber was later arrested she is said to have admitted that she pushed him.
Police originally arrested Amber on suspicion of second-degree murder, a charge which was later upgraded to first-degree murder after further investigation.
The murder suspect, who is more than seven months pregnant, has now been released on a $250,000 bond.
Police were called to the high rise apartment building just after 4pm on Tuesday and found Hilberling lying dead on top of the parking garage.
His wife Amber is said to have been escorted from the building shortly afterwards, where she ‘made statements to witnesses that she pushed the victim and that caused him to fall through the window,’ according to the police report.
The couple had a history of domestic violence, according to court records, but ‘it depends on what side of the family you talk to as to who is the more aggressive one,’ Sergeant Dave Walker said.
Last month, Mr Hilberling filed a protective order against his wife but the case was dismissed after neither turned up for the court hearing, according to True Crime Report.
Mr Hilberling had written in an official statement that his wife had taken a floor lamp and ‘pushed/threw the lamp at me and busted me in the head.’
He was taken to hospital after the incident and had to have ten staples and 11 stitches put in to close the wound on his head, he had claimed.
Mr Hilberling’s parents said their son had tried to work through the domestic problems with his wife.
‘I think that’s why he stayed with Amber as long as he did, because he thought he could fix it,” Patrick Hilberling told Tulsa World.
‘When I saw the (Tulsa Police Department) Chaplain, I knew she killed him. She finally did it.’
Jeanne Hilberling described her son as ‘just a sweet boy.’
‘He’s always willing to help others,’ she said. ‘He would help others and neglect himself. He always had a smile and witty sense of humor.’
Writing on a Facebook memorial group, she added: ‘He was trying to leave her. He called his dad at 3:30 and said his bags were packed – he couldn’t take anymore.
‘She charged him with all her insanity strength and pushed him out the window. He fell 17 stories and landed on the 8th floor parking garage.
‘She admitted at the scene that she pushed him – no remorse – nothing. Even smiled at the by standers.’
