Wheaton man accused of stabbing wife pregnant with 3rd child in Minneapolis

MINNEAPOLIS (WLS) -- A Chicago-area man is being held on suspicion that he stabbed his pregnant wife to death in Minnesota.

Yevgeny Savenok, 30, is originally from Wheaton but is being held in Minneapolis on a previous domestic violence charge.

Investigators say he turned himself in after his wife Lyuba Savenok was found dead from stab wounds inside their suburban Minneapolis home.

He had the couple's two young children with him when he surrendered to police. The children have been placed with relatives.