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Apr 28, 2008 11:01 pm US/Pacific
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Murrieta Man Questioned In Murder Of His Mrs
MURRIETA
Police say that a 40-year-old Murrieta man told them that he returned home from an early morning shopping trip to find his wife murdered in their bedroom.
Police confirm the woman, whose name was not released, was the victim of foul play.
She was found dead in the couple's bedroom in the 36000 block of Tamarisk Street, according to Murrieta police Lt. Dennis Vrooman.
The woman's husband called police just before 9 a.m. Monday. He told them that he returned from a 45-minute shopping trip to find his garage door forced-open and his wife unconscious upstairs, Vrooman said.
Medics were called to the scene but the woman was pronounced dead at
9:08 a.m., the lieutenant said.
Investigators took the husband to the station for further questioning, Vrooman said.
The couple lived in the house with their two children -- a 12-year-old girl and 6- month-old boy -- but neither child was home when their mother was murdered.
The children reportedly spent the night at the home of their maternal grandmother who lives across the street from the victim and her husband, police said.
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