MEMPHIS, IN – This is one horrendous story involving a man who was arrested on Tuesday, charged with bashing his wife’s head in with a rock. Police say it all started with an argument between 44-year-old Joseph Roche and his wife, 46-year-old Brenda Roche. They had been drinking at the home of Brenda’s daughter, and got into a physiacl altercation after Brenda accused Joseph of cheating on her. Brenda ran out of the home and tried to leave in her car, but Joseph used a box cutter to cut her and a large rock from the driveway, estimated to be*around*25-pounds, to bash the car. Brenda then tried running away on foot, but Joseph hit her in the head with the rock, knocking her to the ground. Steven Duncan, Jr., a neighbor across the street who heard the commotion, ran over to see what was happening and described a horrifying scene. “All of a sudden he hit her a couple of times and she went down and he picked up a rock and started smashing her head in and I said, ‘you gotta stop,’” said Duncan. That’s when Joseph attacked him, kicking him in the face before returning to his wife. “The last time I saw her alive she sat up and then he hit her again with a rock. Her daughter watched the whole thing and the grandbabies – little children saw it,” Duncan said. When police arrived on the scene, Roche had blood on his arms and head and told an officer, “I’m the man you’re looking for.”*Police found Brenda still breathing in a ditch, suffering from severe injuries to her face, head and neck. She would be pronounced dead at the hospital. Joseph was arrested and charged with murder,*domestic battery, three counts of battery, and invasion of privacy. Joseph has quite the criminal history that, not surprisingly, involves past domestic violence charges against Brenda. In fact, at the time of her murder, Brenda had a protective order against Joseph that was issued in January. Police say the couple had just recently started seeing each other again after several months of living apart. In*1995, Roche served six years after he pled*guilty to second degree manslaughter and burglary after he and another man broke into a home, then Roche shot the other man to death during their getaway. In 2004, Joseph Roche pled guilty to a domestic battery charge involving Brenda. While in court yesterday morning, the judge asked Joseph, who appeared disorientated, if he understood his rights. He stated that he did not.*”It’s all supernatural to me,” he added.
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