Husband, 29, murdered his wife 6 months after they had their first child
A HUsBAnD yesterday admitted murdering his wife six months after the birth of their first child.
Matthew Fisher, 29, pretended to be worried when he reported Abi, also 29, missing from their home and posted a plea for information on Facebook.
He wrote: ‘Has anyone seen Abi? If you have, can you please let me know or get her to give me a ring?’
But housing officer Fisher had dumped her body in undergrowth by the side of a road 12 miles away.
Friends, family and members of the local community searched for the primary school teacher.
she was last seen leaving her home on a Friday night in July and Fisher posted his appeal during the search on saturday.
Mrs Fisher’s body was found on the sunday and her husband appeared in court charged with murder the following day.
Yesterday Fisher appeared at Leeds Crown Court via a videolink from prison and pleaded guilty to murder.
Judge Tom Bayliss said he would be given a life sentence at a hearing in november.
The couple, from Castleford, West Yorkshire, had appeared happy together, with their longheld dream of parenthood finally achieved.
It is not known what caused Fisher to strangle his wife. They had married five years ago and Fisher revealed on Facebook how daughter sydney, who was born in January, was conceived with the help of IVF.
At the end of March he posted a message on social media about the joys of parenthood, saying: ‘Can’t believe it has been
12 weeks already. It has been a wonderful experience and we wouldn’t change anything. We love you, syd.’
But he went on to strangle the woman he had been with for a decade and dump her body near the town of Brierley. Mrs Fisher’s family have promised to make her proud and bring up the little girl ‘the way you would’.
After her death they released a statement paying tribute to ‘our beautiful Abi’, adding: ‘ Words cannot describe how utterly devastated we are at the loss of you. We miss you dearly.
‘ We promise to make you proud every single day and will continue to bring up your amazing little baby girl the way you would.
‘Heaven may have gained an angel but we have lost you and that for us seems like the most unjust act to happen.
‘We as a family would like to thank every single person who showed enough heart and love to look for our precious angel. Words will never describe how much this means. For now our beautiful angel. We love you so much.’
The teacher was popular among children, staff and parents at All saints Church of england Academy in Featherstone, near Pontefract.
Headteacher Matthew Jones said: ‘she will be remembered as an enthusiastic, kind and caring teacher and colleague, who gave her all each day.’
He added: ‘In particular, her passion for science inspired countless children over the years – she made a real difference to so many lives.’
‘An enthusiastic, caring teacher’