Karen Guthrie searched for pictures and “sentimental things” Monday as she stepped over baby shoes and board games in the house where her sister was fatally beaten.
Chattanooga police investigators said John “Budweiser” Wiser, 27, slammed his wife’s head into a bedroom wall so hard on Sept. 7 that picture frames fell to the floor. Then he choked her as two small children stood nearby, according to police records.
“The nine-year-old took his little brother to his bedroom so he wouldn’t have to see the rest,” Guthrie said.
Shannon Wiser, 31, died Sunday from her injuries, police said.
Her uncle, Derrick Brown, said his niece graduated from Chattanooga High School and worked as an accountant here.