Saturday, July 9, 2011

Burbank, CA: Man held in wake of wife's death

Paramedics call in homicide investigators when they find a head wound.
July 08, 2011|By Maria Hsin, maria.hsin@latimes.com


A 70-year-old Burbank man remained in jail Friday in lieu of $1.02-million bail as authorities awaited the official cause of death for his wife, who was found dead with a head wound in their home three days earlier.

Than man, Joseph Robert Brancato, appeared briefly in Los Angeles County Superior Court Thursday, where his arraignment was scheduled for July 21 in Los Angeles.

Brancato was arrested at 3:20 a.m. Tuesday, about an hour after his wife, 64-year-old Marie Brancato, was pronounced dead at their home in the 800 block of North Valley Street, according to the Los Angeles Sheriff’s Department.

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