Husband texted adult children he murdered wife of nearly 4 decades with barbell over affair, pent-up 'hatred,' cops say

A barbell in the hand of sixty-six-year-old Michael A. Kless silenced forever the woman he married, Stacy E. Kless,67. Out of sheer hatred, the husband killed his wife reportedly.

He actually texted their children admitting to his vicious act. He had a woman on the side from Central America and couldn’t deal with the reality of his infidelity.

This is the very nature of rejecting reality in its most horrific form. Kless could've gone to therapy. His emotions didn’t get the best of him, his irrationalism took over his ability to reason.

In the time that it would’ve taken for him to reach out and take classes or sessions, this brutal act may have been prevented. But this is all hypothetical. The fact remains that he bludgeoned his wife of almost 40 years. He destroyed her life and any hope for him to be a human being.

His deep-seated ‘hatred’ for Stacey really boiled down to self-hatred. He couldn’t deal with the facts of his alternate lifestyle. He couldn’t live down the lies and they just started to mount. If he had any of the masculine qualities of rationality and integrity, he wouldn’t have begun an extramarital relationship in the first place.

This led him to become a monster because of the feelings that took over his mind. He became blinded to false truths and delusions. His whole thinking plan was to not think. He didn’t have to do anything but float like flotsam across the great expanse of morality. By simply drifting, he never considered his dreadful motions. Instead of controlling his emotions, he delved further into the abyss of self-loathing and unreason.

To be considered one of the worst murderers in New Jersey history, he will forever go down as the brute that he is. He even planned to commit suicide and avoid punishment. The punishment already existed in his mind. He tortured himself because he couldn't recognize the facts of realness. Never did he stop to gather himself and say this is evil.

When it was too late, he claimed he didn’t remember what happened. Only the white man can say this according to the late great Paul Mooney. He said the white man can get away with misremembering a crime. The investigators say, “That’s interesting you blacked out and don’t remember.” For the black man they say, “Oh, we’ll give you a thousand years, you’ll remember in that time.”

In truth, Kless is just another emotion-driven suspect who dispatched his wife in a fit of rage and inner abhorrence. Throughout the years the couple may have gone through some rough times. When he looked at his wife, he didn’t see the woman whom he married. Rather than just break off the union, he chose to start physical force against someone he may or may not have actually loved.

Regardless of his romantic relationship with Stacy, whether he really bemoaned having married her, he still could have controlled his emotions. If he had been able to lift the barbell, he could have at least talked about his thoughts. He now has to realize that he will face a jury who may not be so lenient against an alleged cheater and a murderer.

By taking her life, that was the manifestation of his years of not having enough manhood to just say he didn’t want to be with his wife. With the facts laid out, he had to consider his fate. But it all started with the fact he didn’t have the intestinal fortitude to display his thoughts.

He chose to suppress his emotions and inner thoughts. They compounded over time and became toxic. He could never escape from his own massive failures.