Who Would Kill Their Spouse?

     The reason for murder leaves just about everyone confused and surprised.  The crime never ceases to amaze us.  We all wonder what could make someone willingly take another's life.  The notorious Demetrious Angelis was one of those people that leaves our heads spinning.  He not only, in an act of sudden rage, killed his wife of sixteen years, but also did it right before his two children's eyes.  Angelis told his eldest child, who was eight years of age at the time, to ignore his mother's cries for help.  After the death of his wife, Angelis reportedly, wrapped her in a carpet and took her to the bedroom.  He didn't call for help until three hours later, after taking his children to Sunday school.
      So what would make a man murder his wife in front of his two young children, completely ruining their emotional lives, out of complete rage?  My guess is that it started at his childhood.  He was probably brought up by unstable parents and was either physically or emotionally abused for most of his life.  He learned, at a young age, that physical actions help relive anger and stress.  It was reported that Angelis's wife, Lien Li, had been having an affair for thirteen years and had just decided a month prior to her death that she was going to leave Angelis.  Angelis had supposedly known about the affair for five years but had decided not to do anything about it for family reasons.  He must've had a large amount of anger and rage building up throughout those five years.  When he started suspecting that she was going to leave he decided to act on that anger. 
     Angelis probably felt his pride being squashed when his wife was going to leave him for someone that she had been with for thirteen years.  This is very dangerous because he was probably feeling powerless to do anything and was wanting to feel like he could take matters into his own hands.
     Anger and rage are very dangerous when added with a hurt pride and a broken childhood; and the results can be deadly.