Waltham man pleads guilty to stabbing wife to death in 2014
A Waltham man pleaded guilty Thursday to stabbing his wife more than 20 times before going to the police station to confess to her murder, according to the Middlesex District Attorney’s office.
Julio Resto, 52, was sentenced to life in prison after pleading to second degree murder, authorities said.
Resto stabbed his 42-year-old wife, Gloria Resto, 21 times in the head, neck, torso, and extremities at their Waltham home in late 2014, authorities said.
“The defendant in this case was angry at the victim who had recently asked him to move out of their shared home following tension in the relationship that had escalated around Christmas Day,” District Attorney Marian Ryan said. “On New Year’s Eve, that anger led the defendant to violently attack his wife. The attack cost Gloria Resto her life and left two boys without their mother.”
On December 31, 2014, police responded to a call for a well-being check at Resto’s home just after 5 a.m. Before officers arrived at the residence, Resto walked into the Waltham Police Department armed with a large knife, authorities said. He began banging the knife against a glass window and yelling at officers, according to the DA’s office.
Resto walked out of the station with the knife still in his hand, and officers called for additional assistance, authorities said. He then walked down Lexington Street, where officers apprehended him, ordering him to drop the knife, according to the DA’s office.
Authorities said Resto continued to walk toward police wielding the knife, yelling, “Shoot me! I have nothing to live for! I just killed my wife!” and lunging toward them.
Police were able to subdue Resto and place him under arrest.
Resto also received 25 years probation for seven accounts of assault with a dangerous weapon, according to the DA’s office. He has been ordered to have no contact with Gloria Resto’s two sons.
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