An Eau Claire man charged with the beating death of his wife, 81-year-old John Berthold, has pleaded guilty to the charges.
Berthold entered into a plea deal in which he pleaded guilty to second-degree homicide in the death of his 77-year-old wife, Diane, last July. The police report stated he beat his wife to death with a wine bottle and then tried to commit suicide in their home on McElroy Court in Eau Claire. He’ll be sentenced in September.
