The Cuban doctor, Iliana Urrutia-Yearwood, 43, whose Guyanese husband beat her in her head with a hammer on February 19 and subsequently committed suicide, said he was depressed and needed help.
Victor Yearwood, 37, a pharmacy assistant at the New Amsterdam Hospital, was behaving a bit abnormally and had been pacing the house just before a misunderstanding ensued.
Dr Iliana said he had been frustrated over a lot of issues, including being harassed by the mother of his children for money