Sunday, April 11, 2010

Portsmouth, VA: Husband arrested after estranged wife found dead in Portsmouth home

Portsmouth, Va. - Portsmouth police have arrested 45-year-old Johnny Ray Hubbard of Chesapeake in the death of his estranged wife in her home.

Saturday morning an Isle of Wight County Dispatcher contacted Portsmouth Police after the ID of Hubbard's wife, 60 year-old Beverly Gail, was found at a Dairy Queen in Windsor.

A note stating that she had been murdered accompanied the identification. Officers responded to her home on Reese Drive and found Gail's body.

While Portsmouth Police Detective's and Forensic Units were at the home, the Wilson, North Carolina Police Department contacted Portsmouth Dispatchers in reference to a male who approached a Wilson Officer and claimed responsibility for Gail's death. Hubbard was driving Gail's vehicle at the time.

Hubbard was taken into custody by Wilson police.

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