Florida woman accused of fatally beating husband with billy club

ST. LUCIE COUNTY, Fla. (TCN) — Authorities recently arrested a 60-year-old woman on suspicion of killing her 64-year-old husband with a billy club.

On the night of Oct. 8, the St. Lucie County Sheriff’s Office responded to a home on Birch Drive, where they located William Tietgens deceased.

According to the sheriff’s office, earlier that evening, Bonnie Tietgens reportedly tried to contact her adult son on the phone. The son reportedly returned the call, and Tietgens said, “Dad was dead” and that she hit him with a billy club. The son and his sister went to the residence before finding their dad with apparent head trauma and calling 911…

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