BEXAR COUNTY, Texas – A man accused of killing his wife in a south Bexar County home has been formally charged with murder, records show.
Charles Byrd, 49, was booked on a murder charge in connection with the death of his wife, Angela, on Wednesday morning.
In a Wednesday afternoon news conference, Bexar County Sheriff Javier Salazar told reporters Byrd was wearing a suicide prevention smock while being booked for the murder charge.
“Clearly something that we either observed during the evaluation or something that he told us led us to believe that he’s a suicide risk,” Salazar said. “He was placed in a suicide smock to be able to prevent or lessen the chance that he may harm himself.”
Byrd faces a $250,000 bond for the murder charge, court records indicate. Additionally, he has been ordered not to have contact with the victim’s family or possess firearms. He will also be under house arrest if he bonds out, according to records.
Byrd also faces two charges of tampering with evidence with intent to impair a human corpse, which are considered second-degree felonies.
‘I killed her’
Charles Byrd told Bexar County Sheriff’s Office investigators on June 16 that he arrived home early to surprise his wife, according to his murder warrant affidavit.
Byrd said that when he arrived, he “perceived cues that Angela was expecting another man to come over,” which prompted a verbal altercation, the affidavit states.
Documents show that the altercation between the couple escalated when he began choking her until she lost consciousness.
On Wednesday, Salazar said Byrd told authorities that he choked his wife with one hand and he bit her face several times.
Investigators asked Byrd what made him think that she was “cheating.” He told them they would have to look at her phone, which he said was located in their bedroom, the affidavit stated.
During the press conference, Salazar said authorities had recovered the phone.
“He was very forthcoming, you know, and he did gave us information that led us back to that residence and executed a second warrant,” Salazar said. “And I believe that phone was exactly where he said it would be.“
Byrd later told authorities that he attempted to conceal his wife’s body by wrapping it in plastic bags and rugs. He also told investigators that her body was hidden for 32 days.
Byrd took a trash bag containing decomposition fluid residue from Angela’s body and disposed of it in a dumpster at Floresville Independent School District, according to the warrant.
He had worked at Floresville ISD as a master plumber since 2021, a spokesperson for the district told TheTXLoop on Monday, but is no longer employed by the school district.
Investigators said Byrd repeatedly told them how he killed Angela. He also said he thought about calling the police, but wanted more time before facing the consequences.
During a conversation with his son on July 18, Byrd said, “I killed her,” referring to Angela, the warrant stated.
Salazar said this is Byrd’s first arrest and Byrd even told investigators, “Go big or go home.”
The sheriff said the comment was “pretty shocking” to hear, even for those with decades of law enforcement experience.
Investigators on Monday said that the Bexar County Medical Examiner’s Office determined Angela’s cause of death was related to homicidal violence.
In all, Byrd faces a total bond of $650,000 for his multiple charges, court records indicate.
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