Andrew MacCormack was indicted Thursday for the first degree murder of his wife, Vanessa MacCormack. Andrew, 29, was being held without bail in Massachusetts.

Police discovered the body of 30-year-old Vanessa MacCormack inside her home in September. A preliminary autopsy revealed she died as a result of blunt force injuries to the head, sharp force injuries to the neck and “manual strangulation and suffocation.”

Andrew was arrested and charged with his wife’s murder after police reviewed surveillance footage, interviewed witnesses and combed through phone records. Prosecutors alleged he killed his wife inside their home and cleaned the scene with bleach before leaving and purchasing $100 worth of cocaine. Andrew pleaded not guilty to the charges in late September.

Text messages revealed Vanessa reportedly confronted Andrew in the days leading up to her death regarding their financial situation and his alleged drug problem.

“I want answers,” she wrote in one text. “It’s the least I deserve. I hate you so much you’ve ruined [our daughter’s] life because she won’t have her parents together. I’ll talk to [an agent] tomorrow about listing the house and I’ll look into divorce lawyers.”

Vanessa and Andrew were married for more than two years and had purchased a home together in 2015, according to a post on her Facebook page. They also had a 1-year-old daughter. Prosecutors said the evidence in the case suggested the murder was “a crime of domestic violence, committed in the very place where [Vanessa] should have been safest – her own home.”

An attorney for Andrew maintained he did not kill his wife.

“They were going through some problems but they were happily married,” said Public Defense Attorney John C. Hayes. “They were going to look forward to their life together.”

Andrew was previously arrested in 2011 for allegedly assaulting his girlfriend, according to the Boston Globe. The incident, however, was later dismissed because the woman did not want to prosecute the case.

Andrew was set to appear in court again Nov. 14 to face the charges of first-degree murder.

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