NA man who killed self after beating Cuban wife had been ‘depressed’

Victor Yearwood and Iliana Urrutia-Yearwood in happier times

The Cuban doctor, Iliana Urrutia-Yearwood, 43, whose Guyanese husband beat her in her head with a hammer on February 19 and subsequently committed suicide, said he was depressed and needed help.

Victor Yearwood, 37, a pharmacy assistant at the New Amsterdam Hospital, was behaving a bit abnormally and had been pacing the house just before a misunderstanding ensued.

Dr Iliana said he had been frustrated over a lot of issues, including being harassed by the mother of his children for money