Winston-Salem, NC: Police: NC man killed wife, then hanged himself

The Associated Press
Posted: Saturday, Dec. 05, 2009

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WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. Authorities say a North Carolina stabbed his estranged wife to death before hanging himself.

The Winston-Salem Journal reported Saturday that 32-year-old Cory Gaither went to his wife's home around 5:30 a.m. Friday. A trail of blood led from Allison Gaither's driveway to behind a neighbor's house, where she collapsed and died.

Police say Cory Gaither drove south toward Davidson County, where his body was found hanging from a tree limb two hours later. Sheriff David Grice says Gaither tied an electrical cord around his neck, climbed the tree and jumped from a branch.

Allison Gaither had taken out a domestic violence protective order against her husband two days before her death. She told police he threatened to take her children and assaulted her male friend.