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• Police: Man tried suicide after strangling wife

  April 5, 2013 4:28 PM

  GOLDEN, Colo. (AP) - Police say a 65-year-old man from Golden who is charged in the death of his wife tried to kill himself after the strangling by staying outside in the mountains for three nights in hopes of freezing to death. David Wayne Reathman is charged with first-degree murder... more »

• Jefferson County jurors deliberate in 2003 murder case

  November 17, 2012 8:00 AM

  GOLDEN, Colo. (AP) - Jefferson County jurors in the trial of a man accused of hanging his estranged wife in 2003 will have to weigh key testimony from his twin. Daniel DeWild is charged with first-degree murder and conspiracy in the death of Heather DeWild, who disappeared just before the... more »

• Singer Arlo Guthrie says wife, Jackie, has died

  October 16, 2012 8:50 PM

  WASHINGTON, Mass. (AP) - Folk singer Arlo Guthrie has announced the death of his wife, Jackie, at age 68. An obituary released by Guthrie's record label says Jackie Guthrie had inoperable cancer and died Sunday at the couple's winter home in Sebastian, Fla. They had recently celebrated their 43rd wedding... more »

• Scholar says she found proof that Jesus had a wife

  September 18, 2012 6:58 PM

  BOSTON (AP) - A Harvard University professor has unveiled a fourth century fragment of papyrus that she says is the only existing ancient text that quotes Jesus explicitly referring to having a wife. Karen King, an expert in the history of Christianity, says the text contains a dialogue in which... more »

• Peterson trial could end today in mistrial

  August 2, 2012 6:05 AM

  CHICAGO (AP) - A judge will decide whether to put an end to a former suburban Chicago police sergeant's murder trial just days after it began. Thursday's expected ruling on a defense motion for a mistrial follows several blunders by prosecutors seeking to prove Drew Peterson killed his third wife,... more »

• Jurors to hear openings in Peterson trial

  July 31, 2012 6:59 AM

  CHICAGO (AP) - The saga of Drew Peterson and his ill-fated wives has drawn a lot of attention outside the courtroom. Now, the case finally goes to trial. Opening statements are Tuesday in Joliet, followed by testimony from the first witnesses. The former suburban Chicago police officer's day in court... more »

• Man charged for torturing wife for up to 10 years

  July 12, 2012 5:53 AM

  LEROY, W.Va. (AP) - A West Virginia man faces a preliminary court hearing Friday on a malicious wounding charge arising from allegations that he kept captive and tortured his wife for the better part of a decade. Authorities say 37-year-old Peter Lizon was in jail Wednesday on $300,000 bond. Stephanie... more »

• Engagement ring found at husband's grave

  March 21, 2012 5:12 AM

  AIR FORCE ACADEMY, Colo. (AP) - Volunteer searchers using metal detectors have recovered a Texas woman's engagement ring after she lost it at her husband's grave in Colorado. The Colorado Springs Gazette reports Gayle Zompa of Galveston got her ring back last week. It slipped off her finger four months... more »

• Herman Cain's wife remains silent amid contoversy

  November 4, 2011 7:09 AM

  ATLANTA (AP) - Gloria Cain is hardly the traditional presidential campaign wife. She has been virtually absent from the campaign trail as her husband, Herman, runs for the Republican presidential nomination. And she's been silent this week as the businessman fights to overcome allegations that he sexually harassed women... more »

• Wife stabs husband

  July 23, 2011 6:14 AM

  A Colorado Springs man was hospitalized after being stabbed in the torso by his wife during a heated argument. The stabbing happened at an address in the 300 block of N. Murray Boulevard at around 11:03 p.m. Friday evening. The victim's wounds are described as serious but not life... more »

• Investigation into stabbed mother and children begins

  July 19, 2011 8:28 AM

  MEDFORD, Ore. (AP) - Investigators in Oregon are trying to figure out what led up to the discovery of a woman and her four children in their burning home. Each had been stabbed. Police believe the father stabbed them and set fire to the house. Fifty-one-year-old Jordan Criado is... more »

• Producer extradition hearing to begin

  July 12, 2011 6:12 AM

  LOS ANGELES (AP) - A former "Survivor" producer will make his case Tuesday for why he should not be returned to Mexico to stand trial on a charge that the killed his wife at an upscale resort last year. Attorneys for Bruce Beresford-Redman hope to convince a federal magistrate... more »

• She'll stand by her man even sad and angry

  June 9, 2011 4:45 PM

  WASHINGTON (AP) - Friends say the wife of Congressman Anthony Weiner is more saddened than angry over her husband's behavior. And they say she plans to try to help him, even though she believes he has a lot of work to do to redeem himself. Huma Abedin is a... more »

• Former Broncos star stabbed by his wife

  April 23, 2011 1:42 PM

  MIAMI (AP) - Brandon Marshall's wife is accused of stabbing the Miami Dolphins wide receiver and has been arrested on a domestic violence charge, according to a sheriff's office report. The Broward County Sheriff's Office report, obtained Saturday by The Associated Press, says Michi Nogami-Marshall stabbed her husband with... more »

• Pueblo man accused of stabbing wife

  January 10, 2011 3:50 PM

  A Pueblo man is facing assault charges after police say he stabbed his common law wife this morning. The stabbing happened on the 2000 block of Acero Ave. on Pueblo's Southside. Joe Nieves, 34 is accused of stabbing his common law wife. The victim was treated at the hospital... more »

• Gunman fires on police during stand-off in Lakewood

  January 8, 2011 12:52 PM

  LAKEWOOD, Colo. (AP) - Police say they're have arrested a gunman after he fired on officers and holed up in a Lakewood home for more than five hours with a woman and three young children. The Lakewood police dispatch office says the man opened fire shortly after police arrived... more »

• Arson suspect booked in jail

  November 9, 2010 7:51 PM

  William Gooch was booked into the El Paso County Criminal Justice Center Tuesday and is currently being held without bond on the charges of First Degree Arson, Felony Menacing, and Failure to leave premises upon request of a peace officer. The man accused of setting his house on fire during... more »

• Man convicted of killing wife, though body never found

  October 27, 2010 1:04 PM

  WHITE PLAINS, N.Y. (AP) - A 68-year-old New York jeweler has been convicted of killing his wife by incinerating her in an oil drum. The verdict Wednesday came in Werner Lippe's second murder trial. His first trial ended in February with a hung jury. Prosecutors were hampered by the... more »

• Justice Thomas' wife leaves voice message for Anita Hill

  October 20, 2010 11:50 AM

  The wife of Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas is asking Anita Hill to consider apologizing for accusing the justice of sexually harassing her. The request came in a voicemail message left on Oct. 9, some 19 years after Hill made the accusation during the justice's confirmation hearing. Virginia Thomas... more »

• Officials search for missing Colorado couple

  October 19, 2010 8:25 AM

  The Larimer County Sheriff's office says detectives suspect foul play in the disappearance of a Fort Collins couple. Spokeswoman Eloise Campanella says sheriff's deputies conducting a welfare check at the home of Kathy Adams and her husband John Marks Jr. on Oct. 12 discovered "suspicious circumstances" that made them... more »

• 3 bodies found in Springs home

  October 4, 2010 7:05 PM

  Colorado Springs police say three bodies were found inside a home on Essex Lane Monday afternoon. That's near Academy and Constitution in the Wasson neighborhood. Investigators say a man came home around 3:30 p.m. to find his wife dead. Officers found her two teenage children dead, in different rooms... more »

• Former pastor charged with killing wife

  September 13, 2010 1:31 PM

  TANNERSVILLE, Pa. (AP) - Police say a former pastor from Pennsylvania killed his second wife and staged a car accident to cover it up, and authorities are now re-examining his first wife's death, too. Arthur Burton Schirmer, 62, was arraigned Monday in Tannersville on a criminal homicide charge in... more »

• Pueblo motorcycle victims identified

  September 13, 2010 1:13 PM

  Authorities have identified a husband and wife who died after being struck on their motorcycle by someone suspected of driving intoxicated. The Pueblo County coroner says the couple killed late Saturday were Raymond Quintana, 48 and Ramona Quintana, 46. Ruben Jimenez-Marquez was arrested following the crash. He is... more »

• New charge against man accused in Colorado Springs murder

  August 25, 2010 9:07 AM

  A man accused of killing his girlfriend and then staging a car crash to cover the slaying is facing a charge of trying to hire someone to kill his estranged wife, a witness in the murder case. The Denver district attorney's office says Robert Walters was charged last week... more »

• Actor Charlie Sheen pleads guilty to misdemeanor

  August 3, 2010 8:10 AM

  Actor Charlie Sheen has pleaded guilty to a misdemeanor assault charge in a domestic abuse case in exchange for dismissal of two other charges, including a felony. Sheen entered the plea Monday in court in Aspen, the scene of a Christmas Day argument with his wife that ended in... more »

• Charlie Sheen to appear in Colorado court today

  August 2, 2010 9:20 AM

  Actor Charlie Sheen is due in court Monday where he's expected to plead guilty to a charge stemming from a Christmas Day dispute with his wife. One of Sheen's attorneys, Yale Galanter, has previously said that Sheen has agreed to plead guilty to misdemeanor assault in exchange for prosecutors... more »

• Domestic violence charge against Pueblo Police officer dropped

  June 7, 2010 8:57 AM

  Prosecutors have dropped a domestic violence charge filed against a Pueblo police officer after his wife, also an officer, said she wouldn't cooperate with the district attorney's office. Officer Donnie Lambert faced a misdemeanor assault charge. He was arrested March 16. It's not clear when the case was dropped.... more »

• Colorado prosecutor say plea deal reached with Sheen

  June 2, 2010 7:27 PM

  Actor Charlie Sheen and prosecutors have reached an agreement over domestic violence allegations involving Sheen's wife. Sheen is scheduled to be in court Monday for a disposition hearing. Chief Deputy District Attorney Arnold Mordkin Tuesday confirmed there's an agreement but declined to discuss details. Sheen has pleaded not guilty to... more »

• Colorado man killed in Texas plane crash

  June 1, 2010 8:19 AM

  A man killed in a plane crash near Granbury, Texas, was from Parker. Texas authorities say 49-year-old Michael A. Henney died in Friday's crash about a mile north of a private airstrip. Texas Department of Public Safety spokeswoman Lonny Haschel told the Fort Worth Star-Telegram that Henney's wife, Suzanne,... more »

• In blindness, soldiers find new niche in military

  May 21, 2010 10:39 AM

  Since a car bomb blinded Capt. Scott Smiley in Iraq, he has skied Vail, climbed Mount Rainier, earned his MBA, raised two young boys with his wife, won an Espy award and pulled himself up from faith-shaking depths. Smiley, pictured here, is one of only a handful of soldiers... more »

• Autopsies planned on 3 found dead in Boulder

  May 18, 2010 9:19 AM

  Autopsies are planned on the bodies of a couple and a man found inside a flooring and fireplace store in Boulder after witnesses outside heard gunshots. Police found the bodies Monday inside Boulder Stove & Flooring. The Boulder County coroner's office identified them as 40-year-old Sean Griffin of... more »

• Ex-'Survivor' producer out of Mexican custody

  April 10, 2010 12:12 PM

  The producer of "Pimp My Ride" and formerly of "Survivor" was released from Mexican custody early Friday, but remains under investigation after his wife's body was found in the sewer of a swanky Cancun resort, a state official said. Bruce Beresford-Redman must remain in Mexico after being released just... more »

• Sheriff: Man sold wife's sexual services

  March 17, 2010 6:52 PM

  A Minnesota man has been arrested in Chicago and charged with selling his wife's sexual services on Craigslist. Cook County Sheriff Tom Dart says the woman had paid sexual encounters in eight states before she called a national anti-sex trafficking hot line. Dart says she went along with the... more »

• Police: Man killed wife in front of 2-year-old child

  March 17, 2010 8:37 AM

  Grand Junction police say a 24-year-old man killed his wife by stabbing her several times in the neck in front of their 2-year-old daughter. Police say Octavio Vargas-Herrera told detectives he killed his wife Sunday evening after she told him she didn't love him anymore. Police say Vargas-Herrera's... more »

• Former Ft. Carson soldier charged with murder

  March 2, 2010 1:40 PM

  Bond has been set at $1 million for a 23-year-old Army veteran accused of shooting his wife to death at their home in the Chicago suburb of Oak Lawn. The bond was set Monday for Joseph Jesk in the death of Heather Jesk, who authorities say was pronounced dead... more »

• Man builds giant ice castle in backyard

  February 25, 2010 11:20 AM

  A proverbial expression has been proven in Big Lake, Minnesota. Roger Hanson's home is his castle. "I call it the Crompton castle, that is after my wife Linda," Hanson said, speaking of the 54 foot high 130 foot long ice castle he built in his backyard. In Minnesota,... more »

• Springs woman to go on trial in husband slaying

  February 14, 2010 8:37 AM

  A Colorado Springs woman will stand trial in the slaying of her husband less than 30 minutes after police responded to a report that the man had been punched in the face by his wife. Fifty-one-year-old Janet Lynn Hilton faces first-degree and third-degree assault charges in the Nov. 13 slaying... more »

• Groom sentenced for bride's cliff death

  February 11, 2010 3:47 PM

  A man who killed his newlywed wife by throwing her off a cliff in suburban Los Angeles has been sentenced to 25 years to life in prison. Brandon Manai was sentenced Thursday in Torrance. He was convicted in December of first-degree murder for killing 24-year-old Julie Rosas in 2005... more »

• Missing woman's dad doubts that son-in-law hurt her

  December 15, 2009 10:13 AM

  The father of a 28-year-old woman who went missing more than a week ago says he doesn't think his son-in-law would do anything to hurt his daughter, and understands why he felt the need to hire an attorney. Charles Cox says that the last time he spoke to his daughter,... more »

• Utah cops to quiz man again over missing wife

  December 14, 2009 10:28 AM

  Utah police plan a second interview with the husband of a woman who went missing a week ago without taking her purse or cell phone. Susan Powell, 28, the mother of two young children, was reported missing Dec. 6 from a Salt Lake City suburb in a case that... more »