A Broward man who allegedly said he "turned evil" when he killed his wife was found guilty of second-degree murder Wednesday.
Robert Oulton faces between 15 years and life in prison after the jury delivered the verdict.
Oulton, 68, got emotional as he testified in front of the jury, taking the stand and admitting to killing his wife, Yvonne, in April 2010.
"I killed her," he said, getting choked up. Oulton said he just snapped.
"It was some kind of a...a monster...just, I don't know how...it was an enemy. They're coming to take my son away. No. I wasn't gonna let that happen," he said.
Oulton said he and his wife were having an argument over his son's business when he lost it.
"Yvonne and I at this point were yelling. And then all I know is that it wasn't Yvonne anymore. She wasn't the one in front of me anymore," Oulton said.
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The 62-year-old woman was brutally beaten in the back of their car. Yvonne Oulton had spent the afternoon gambling at the Isle Casino & Racing at Pompano Park.
Robert Oulton left a letter for his son, confessing to the murder and explaining what had happened, Broward Sheriff's officials said.
"I turned evil; I woke up and remember everything," Oulton said in the letter, according to the BSO.
"I grabbed one of the tools and I swung. I swung and I hit her and I just kept hitting," he testified Wednesday, saying he only stopped when she called his name. "Because she said Robert, she said my name."
Defense attorneys only conceded to manslaughter charges, saying Oulton didn't plan to murder his wife.
"There was no planning to any of this type of stuff. It just whatever happened, happened and I handled it very poorly. I did the wrong thing in covering it up. I should have called police and told them but I did not," he said.
Yvonne Oulton's family looked relieved at the verdict but they will have to wait until sentencing.
