'I killed my husband!' Screams of pregnant woman who pushed Air Force veteran out of 17th floor window - but she claims it was an accident because the glass was too thin



A woman who pushed her Air Force veteran husband out of a 17th floor window claims she never meant to kill him and that he fell through only because the glass in their highrise Oklahoma apartment was too thin.



The murder trial of Amber Michelle Hilberling began this week with prosecutors claiming that the pregnant wife shoved Joshua Hilberling to his death in June 2011 in a fit of rate following several incidents of abuse against him.



Ms Hilberling's lawyers say she never meant to kill her husband and that he died because the large window in Tulsa, Oklahoma, had glass was no thicker than the panes of a standard home window.

Tragic: Joshua Hilberling, 23, died on impact after falling 17 stories from his highrise apartment in 2011 after being pushed by his wife

Long way down: Mr Hilberling fell from the 17th floor of the tower and landed on a parking garage below

Accident: A glass repair expert testified that the massive windows in the highrise apartment building were no thicker than normal house windows

But glass repairman Armando Rosales, who rushed into the home at University Club Apartments testified that he feared Ms Hliberling might push him to his death, as well, shortly after the incident, according to the Tulsa World.



When he arrived, he found the 19-year-old screaming, 'My husband fell out the window! I pushed my husband out the window! I killed my husband.'



Mr Hilberling, 23, who had just been discharged from the Air Force, fell 17 stories and landed on a parking garage below.



His family say that he had packed his bags and was planning to leave his wife after enduring abuse from Ms Hilberling.

Dan Newbury, a Tulsa firefighter, took the stand to say the Ms Hilberling was hysterical when he arrived at the parking garage.

Accused: Ms Hilberling faces a charge of second-degree murder for the killing of her husband when she was 19 and pregnant

'Accident': Ms Hilberling claims she never meant to push her husband out the window and that the glass gave way because it was too thin

He said Mr Hilberling's body was crumbled on the roof of the garage. and Ms Hilberling had to be watched for her own safety.



'We were actually afraid she was going to jump off the top of the parking garage,' Mr Newbury testified.



Ms Hilberling begged fire responders to 'fix' her husband because she didn't want to go the jail, he testified.



Ms Hilberling faces a charge of second-degree murder, which carries a sentence of ten years to life in prison.

She had previously rejected plea deals from prosecutors and decided to take the case to trial.















