A 50-year-old man should die in prison for the alleged brutal murder of his wife - 20 years after he killed his first partner, prosecutors said on Monday. Tony Degrafreed, of Indianapolis, Indiana, has been charged with murder for allegedly beating to death wife Rebecca Degrafreed, 47, at their home on July 20, 2014. Marion County prosecutor's office filed the request on Monday, for life without the chance of parole for Degrafreed. Tony Degrafreed, of Indianapolis, (pictured right) allegedly beat to death wife Rebecca Degrafreed, 47, (left) at their home in July 2014 . Degrafreed, of Indianapolis, (left) has been charged with murder for allegedly beating to death wife Rebecca, who worked at IU Methodist Hospital (right) According to a statement from the Marion County prosecutor's office: 'Rebecca Degrafreed was discovered in the couple’s bedroom with a bloody baseball bat next to her body and a knife on the bed. 'Witnesses in the home reported that they heard a banging noise from the bedroom where the victim was found.' Rebecca Degrafreed died from blunt and sharp force traumatic injures to the head and neck, according to an autopsy report. Mrs Degrafreed’s son, Jordan Yarbro, was also injured in the incident when Degrafreed allegedly stabbed him in the chest before fleeing the scene. Family members said Rebecca, who worked at IU Methodist Hospital, married Tony in 2006 after he'd been released from prison. The mother-of-three accepted her new husband's past and devoted herself to his rehabilitation, relatives said. The couple had originally met as teenagers. In January 1994, Tony Degrafreed was arrested and charged with murder, two counts of attempted murder and illegal possession of a handgun, The Indianapolis News reported. According to news reports at the time, he shot his estranged 26-year-old wife, Stacy Degrafreed, in the chest and thigh. She died in hospital. Police said he also shot two neighbors, Frank and Phyllis Sommerville, in the same incident. He was convicted of murder in 1995 and sentenced to 30 years in prison, but served less than half of that sentence. In January 1994, Tony Degrafreed (center) was arrested and charged with the murder of his estranged wife along with two counts of attempted murder and illegal possession of a handgun . Rebecca Degrafreed's sons Jordan (left) and Jeffery Yarbro (center) pictured with their cousin outside the victim's Indianapolis home where their mother was killed .
Tony Degrafreed, of Indianapolis, Indiana, has been charged with murder for allegedly beating to death wife Rebecca Degrafreed, 47, last July . The victim had married Degrafreed in 2006 after he was released from prison for shooting dead his first wife in 1994 .