Norman Mcginnis bashed wife's head in then went to bed

**Dakota Valkyrie** · March 6th, 2009, 05:05 PM

A Hercules man has been arrested in the death of his wife at their home, police said.

Wyander Ricketts, 43, was found dead inside her home about 10 a.m. Thursday, authorities said.

She had suffered severe head injuries, said Michelle Harrington, a spokeswoman for the city, but authorities were not revealing the cause of death.

Ricketts' husband, Norman Mcginnis, 56, was in the house when officers arrived and was arrested on suspicion of murder, Harrington said.

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The Hercules woman found dead in her home Thursday likely laid in a stairwell overnight while her husband — her assailant, police say — slumbered elsewhere in the house.

Relatives of 59-year-old Norman McGinnis let themselves into the house on Ivy Bay Court and discovered the body, Hercules police Chief Fred Deltorchio said.

"At 10:02 a.m. we got a 911 call from a hysterical woman. There was a woman unconscious in the house," Deltorchio said. "When firefighters and paramedics arrived, they found a woman who had been deceased for some time, hours at least."

Police arrested McGinnis at the house, and booked him into County Jail in Martinez on suspicion of murder.

Investigators believe he killed his wife, 43-year-old Wyander Ricketts, by beating her head with a blunt object about 8:30 p.m. Wednesday. Deltorchio declined to discuss physical evidence found at the crime scene to preserve elements of the investigation.

The couple was married about a year, Deltorchio said, and police had previously been called to the house over domestic violence allegations, most recently in January.

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**Marv** · March 6th, 2009, 05:09 PM

What a cold, callous bastard. He is off snoozing in bed after sending her to sleep for all eternity! Prick.

**Pete Bondurant** · March 6th, 2009, 05:15 PM

She should not have burned his pot-pie.

**Dakota Valkyrie** · March 11th, 2009, 11:59 AM

Prosecutors filed charges against a man accused of bludgeoning his wife to death with a dumbbell in their Hercules home.

Norman McGinnis, 56, has been charged with one count of murder with an enhancement for the use of a deadly weapon for fatally bludgeoning 43-year-old Wyander Ricketts inside their home.

Investigators believe the killing may have taken place during a domestic dispute.

The couple had been married for a little over a year and investigators believe there were earlier incidents of domestic violence, including one in January where police were called to the house.

At that time, Ricketts allegedly asked police to stand by while she went inside to get some belongings, but said she did not wish to press criminal charges or get a restraining order against McGinnis.

The alleged murder happened sometime early Thursday morning, but wasn't discovered until about 10 a.m. when family members went to the home and discovered Ricketts dead in the stairwell and McGinnis drunk inside the home.

Officers took McGinnis to the police station and waited for him to sober up so they could talk to him, but he declined to give a statement.

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