Tag: wife

Woman With Dementia, 85, Forgets Herself but Not Her Beloved Husband: ‘He’s My Guy!’

An elderly New Yorker with late-stage dementia often forgets herself, but she never fails to recognize her beloved husband of 63 years and has even coined a catchphrase: “He’s my guy!” The couple has unwittingly become a viral sensation since their son began sharing sweet moments from their family home on social media. Originally from…


Agent: Alex Murdaugh Wanted to Die After Wife, Son Killed

Alex Murdaugh and a friend spent just minutes planning a failed attempt to fatally shoot the lawyer on a lonely South Carolina roadside so his son could collect a multimillion-dollar life insurance policy, months after his wife and other son were shot to death, according to testimony Thursday in his double murder trial. But the…


2nd Jury Finds Wisconsin Man Guilty in Wife’s Slaying

KENOSHA, Wis.—A jury found a Wisconsin man guilty Wednesday in a second trial for killing his wife with antifreeze and by suffocation in 1998. The verdict of first-degree intentional homicide against Mark Jensen was announced in a Kenosha County courtroom. Jensen, 63, first was convicted in 2008 in the slaying of Julie Jensen inside their…


Second Jury Finds Wisconsin Man Guilty in Wife’s Slaying

KENOSHA, Wis.—A jury found a Wisconsin man guilty Wednesday in a second trial for killing his wife with antifreeze and by suffocation in 1998. The verdict of first-degree intentional homicide against Mark Jensen was announced in a Kenosha County courtroom. Jensen, 63, first was convicted in 2008 in the slaying of Julie Jensen inside their…


Wife, Husband Planned Fatal Shooting in Hospital for Weeks

ORLANDO, Fla.—The plan had been in the works for weeks: Ellen Gilland, 76, would fatally shoot her terminally ill, 77-year-old husband, Jerry, and then kill herself. But after shooting him in the head in an 11th-floor hospital room, she couldn’t carry through with the rest. Instead, still armed, Gilland was in a four-hour standoff with…


‘Faith Is Everything’: Wife Helps Ex-Navy Seal Husband Through God-Led Recovery After Car Crash

A North Carolina couple was faced with the ultimate test of love and loyalty when the husband, a former Navy SEAL, suffered a traumatic brain injury in a car crash. His wife became his primary caregiver and biggest champion, leaning on their shared faith for the strength to believe recovery was possible. Five years on, veteran Jonathan…


Biden Marks 50th Anniversary of Death of Wife, Daughter

WILMINGTON, Del.—President Joe Biden and his family held a private memorial service Sunday to mark the 50th anniversary of the car crash that killed his first wife and their baby daughter. Biden, who had just been elected to the Senate in November 1972, was not in the car when his wife, 30-year-old Neilia, and their…


One Year Later (1933)

First, a pair of blissful honeymooners travel by train. Then, a year later, the same coach is carrying the man to his place of execution. Although it seems hopeless, there are two wild cards on board: the man’s wife and a terminally ill reporter. Credit: Public Domain Movies – Feature Films: Cinema collection: epochcinema.com Epoch…


Vermont Man Convicted of Murder in Wife’s Cleaver Killing

BURLINGTON, Vt.—A Vermont man charged with killing his wife with a meat cleaver and injuring his mother-in-law five years ago was found guilty of murder on Thursday. The jury convicted Aita Gurung of first-degree murder in the killing of his wife Yogeswari Khadka, 32, in Burlington, and attempted second-degree murder in the attack on his…


Man Gets 86 Years in Prison for Murder of Pastor’s Wife

INDIANAPOLIS—A man found guilty of murder, robbery and other charges in the 2015 killing of an Indianapolis pastor’s wife during a break-in was sentenced Friday to 86 years in prison. Larry Jo Taylor Jr. in September also was convicted after a four-day bench trial of burglary, theft, criminal confinement and carrying a handgun without a…