A 46-year-old Glendale man who fatally stabbed his wife and killed his Pomeranian by placing the animal in a microwave oven was found guilty Wednesday of second-degree murder, officials said.
Jurors deliberated for less than two days before finding John Levin guilty of killing his wife, Michelle Levin, with a knife, said Jane Robison, a spokeswoman for the Los Angeles County district attorney’s office.
The murder occurred Sept. 8, 2009, in the couple’s two-story condominium in the 200 block of West Fairview Avenue. Officers discovered 35-year-old Michelle Levin’s body three days later inside the apartment after police received a call from someone concerned about the couple’s whereabouts, according to the Glendale News-Press.
The couple's Pomeranian died after it was stuffed inside a microwave that was turned on for an undetermined amount of time, officials said. John Levin pleaded guilty to felony animal cruelty before jurors returned with a verdict.
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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