Crime & Safety
Beverly Woman Dies After Being Strangled by Her Husband: DA Says
Edith Black-Scherer died Saturday from injuries suffered at the hands of her husband, according to the DA's office.
A Beverly woman is dead and her estranged husband will soon be facing first-degree murder charges.
The Essex County District Attorney’s Office said Saturday night that 45-year-old Edith Black-Scherer had died following a Nov. 16 domestic assault incident involving her estranged husband.
Axel Scherer, 45, was already being held without bail on charges of assault with intent to murder, strangulation and assault and battery on a family or household member, according to Salem News.
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The DA’s said Saturday that it will upgrade the charges to first-degree murder on Monday.
WCVB reported that Scherer walked into the Beverly police station on Nov. 16 and told police he had just killed his wife.
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According to Salem News, Black-Scherer was rushed to Beverly Hospital on Nov. 16 after police found her unconscious, without a pulse and with “the strings of her sweatshirt wrapped tightly around her neck,” a police report read.
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