Anders Odegaard faces a charge of second-degree murder in the beating death of his ex-wife, Carissa. (Marshall County Sheriff's Office)A North Dakota lawyer allegedly beat his ex-wife to death in Minnesota on Tuesday as she clung to the youngest of their five children and two others screamed for help, according to the Marshall County Sheriff’s Office.The younger boy, 2, was so traumatized he didn’t respond to questions from deputies after they had his father in custody and rushed his mother to the hospital.Anders Odegaard, 31, and Carissa Odegaard, also 31, divorced last year, court records show.In a custody dispute this week, he allegedly refused to let her take their kids to church and a fight broke out, deputies wrote in the criminal complaint after interviewing the children.KAITLIN ARMSTRONG'S REQUEST FOR SPEEDY TEXAS TRIAL MAY FACE BUMPY ROAD IN DEATH OF CYCLING PRO ‘MO’ WILSONTwo of their boys ran outside, flagged a stranger and begged him to call 911 "because their mom was bleeding really bad and needed help," according to the complaint.The first responding deputy found Anders Odegaard in the kitchen wearing just his underwear, with blood on his face and in his hair.
Carissa Odegaard was unresponsive lying in a doorway — with a pool of blood around her head.The deputy asked him to explain the situation."I don’t feel right," Odegaard replied, according to the complaint.The deputy found that Carissa Odegaard was not breathing.