Tamms, IL: Fla. woman found dead in Ill. had been strangled

TAMMS, Ill. -- Illinois State Police say a Florida woman found dead in a car wrecked by her husband during a chase had been strangled.
Police say 50-year-old Lisa Curtis' body was found after the chase involving 48-year-old Bobby Curtis, both of Panama City, Fla. Police say Lisa Curtis also had been repeatedly stabbed after she died.
The chase ended with a southern Illinois sheriff's deputy shooting Bobby Curtis as he approached threateningly with a sword he first used in trying to injure himself. Bobby Curtis died at a Missouri hospital.
Authorities say an Alexander County sheriff's deputy tried to pull over the Curtis' car Tuesday in connection with Bobby Curtis' walk-away from an area mental-health evaluation Sunday.
Police say Curtis wrecked the vehicle in Tamms before being shot.