Former Dover doctor admits to killing wife, dumping her body in pond

The former Dover medical practitioner accused of strangling his wife testified on Tuesday at his own trial and admitted to getting rid of her body Prosecutors say Tuerk strangled his wife Kathleen McLean in their home in Tuerk was once the Chief of Urology at St Elizabeth s Diagnostic Center in Boston While testifying Tuerk announced the two got into an argument while drinking and she hit him with a glass Tuerk says he snapped and grabbed her by the neck She just flailed around kind of flailed around We fell to the floor together in sync stated Tuerk during his testimony When I came out of my blackout that s where we were She was not responsive I sought her Katie c mon please wake up Katie wake up When urged if he realized she didn t wake up and what he did then Tuerk says he put her on a bed tried CPR and sat there crying when it didn t work Tuerk declared he panicked Tuerk testified that he carried her out of the house put her in the guest seat of their car drove to a nearby pond and dumped her body in the water He also admitted on the witness stand that he used rocks to try to weigh her body down Tuerk commented he eventually moved his wife s body because he didn t want her children to find her dead