Mother of three beaten to death with a dumbbell by her husband, police say

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A Howard County man beat his wife to death with a dumbbell while their three young children were in the house, police said Wednesday.

Jason W. Martin, 41, was charged with killing Carla Dee Martin, 42, in their house on the 9500 block of Glen Ridge Drive in Laurel on Tuesday night.

County police spokeswoman Sherry Llewellyn said that Jason Martin went to a neighbor’s house with blood on his clothes around 11 p.m. and told the neighbor that his wife had been hurt.

The neighbor called 911, and authorities found Carla Martin in the basement and took Jason Martin into custody. They also found the dumbbell covered in blood.

Llewellyn said that their three children, all under 12, did not see their mother being killed. All are now in the custody of their mother’s relatives, police said.

Police do not know of any prior domestic violence at the Martins’ home, Llewellyn said.