A “monster” dad in Alabama who called a local TV station in an emotional plea for help finding his missing wife later admitted to fatally strangling her, cops say.

A man who called Dothan, Alabama ABC affiliate WHDN looking for help in finding his missing wife is now accused of her murder. Stephen Craig Miller, Sr., 64, has been charged with murder after the body of his wife Gloria was found in a dry creek bed.

A man who reported his wife missing from their Dothan, Ala., home on Feb. 24 has now been charged with her murder. The Dothan Police Department said in a press release that “sev