A Staten Island man was taken into custody after his wife was brutally beaten to death, police said.
It was not immediately clear what led to the fatal beating in the family's home on Beechwood Place around 2:25 a.m. this morning, police said.
Cops found 42-year-old Jodi Surinaga unconscious and unresponsive after one of the couple's two children inside the home called 911, sources said.
The mother suffered blunt force trauma to the head, according to police. EMS pronounced the victim dead at the scene.
Investigators did not immediately say whether the children witnessed the horrific crime.
Seth Gottfried
The scene of this morning's fatal beating in Staten Island
Cops took the victim's 45-year-old husband into custody.
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