HAZEL PARK, MI -- A 45-year-old Hazel Park man is being held on a $3.5 million bond after he was charged with first-degree murder Monday, for allegedly killing his wife. According to WDIV Detroit, Police say Jeff Sherwood admitted to assaulting his wife and strangling her after the two got into an argument.

Sherwood’s wife, 64-year-old Susan Klepsch, had confronted him about some alleged infidelity when the argument became physical. Police found Klepsch’s body after going to the couple’s Hazel Park home for a welfare check. When police got inside the home, Sherwood was sleeping in the same bed as Klepsch.

Police believe Klepsch had been dead for up to a week when they found her body in the bed. Since the argument, Sherwood had left the body in the bed and would sleep with it each night, according to police.

Sherwood was arraigned in 43rd District Court in Hazel Park and is due back in court on April 7 for a probable cause conference. He faces up to life in prison if convicted on the first-degree murder charge.