What to Know
- A husband convicted of fatally stabbing his estranged wife during a domestic dispute has been sentenced to life in prison
- Police responded to reports of a disturbance at Arthur Haskoor's home in 2015, and found his wife dead in the driveway
- Haskoor also posted a note on the front door threatening to kill cops who came inside, and had an hours-long standoff with police
A husband convicted of fatally stabbing his estranged wife during a domestic dispute has been sentenced to life in prison.
Arthur Haskoor received his sentence Thursday. The 61-year-old Plumsted man had been convicted in June on murder and weapons charges by an Ocean County jury that rejected his claims of self-defense.
Police responded to reports of a disturbance around 10 a.m. at Haskoor's home in August 2015. When officers arrived, they found the body of 48-year-old Susan Haskoor in the driveway. A note posted on the front door stated there were guns in the house and that if anybody came in they would be killed.
A camera-equipped robot entered the home fours hours into the standoff and found Haskoor unconscious in the garage. He later admitted attacking his wife of 22 years during an argument over the division of their marital assets.
One of the couple's two sons, who were teenagers at the time of the killing, told authorities at the time that Haskoor had at least six weapons in the home.
