The Associated Press
A North Carolina man who police say didn't report his wife missing for four days after she disappeared has now been charged with first-degree murder.
Multiple media outlets report 40-year-old Winfred Scott Simpson is being held in a Greensboro jail without bail.
Authorities say Simpson reported his 42-year-old wife Retha missing Tuesday, saying he hadn't seen her since she admitted she had an affair four days before.
Investigators found what they think is Retha Simpson's body Wednesday. It was dismembered and burned and placed in trash bags on a Guilford County road.
Police say they found Winfred Simpson shampooing the rugs at the couple's home when they came to question him Wednesday.
It wasn't immediately clear if he had an attorney.
A compilation of daily news articles from around the United States about deaths (including both people and animals) that appear to occur in the context of a past or present intimate relationship, focusing on 2009-present. (NOTE: this blog is limited to incidents that appear in the media and are captured by our search terms. We recognize this is not an exhaustive portrayal of all deaths resulting from intimate violence.) When is society going to realize intimate violence makes victims of us all?
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