Salters
GOSHEN – A Highland Falls man faces 18 years to life in prison
when sentenced in November for killing his wife.
Leonard Salters, 52, pled guilty in Orange County Court on Monday to second-degree
murder in connection with the stabbing death of Junco Salters, who was
62 at the time of her death of June 20, 2014.
District Attorney David Hoovler said this domestic violence destroys families.
“This case is a prime example of domestic violence but there were
also some mental health issues,” he said. “We try to do everything
we can in the district attorney’s office to keep the spouses and
domestic partners of those involved in relationships safe. The only way
that can be done, people have to report domestic violence and when they
report domestic violence, we will take it as seriously as possible.”
When Highland Falls Police officers arrived at the murder scene after
being called by neighbors, Salters ran out of the apartment with blood
on his clothes. He jumped in his car and took off, but was eventually
caught in Irvington, New Jersey when his car struck a concrete barrier
on the Garden State Parkway.
Investigation revealed Salters had stabbed his wife four times in the
torso and stomach during an argument at their residence.
He was indicted for the murder and for possessing the knife he used to
kill his wife.
