Irate NYC man accused of bashing longtime partner, 77, with pot and smothering her in fatal attack

An enraged Bronx man was charged with murder after allegedly bashing his longtime partner in the head with a kitchen pot and smothering her with a pillow in their apartment Monday morning, police and sources said.

Jeffrey Kolin, 73, called 911 after the vicious attack on his 77-year-old companion at their apartment on Barnes Avenue and allegedly confessed to the crime, law enforcement sources said.

The NYPD received the call just before 7:30 a.m. and when officers arrived at the couple’s apartment they found Marsha Greenberg, unconscious and unresponsive.

Police collected evidence in the wake of a deadly domestic violence incident in the Bronx. Kyle Mazza/NurPhoto/Shutterstock Law enforcement sources said the couple had been in a troubled relationship for twenty years. Kyle Mazza/TheNEWS2 via ZUMA / SplashNews.com

She had suffered trauma to her head, police said. 

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Paramedics rushed Greenberg

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