By Jackie Alexander
Staff writer
Published: Monday, June 28, 2010 at 6:30 a.m.
Last Modified: Monday, June 28, 2010 at 6:04 p.m.
An Ocala man called the Marion County Sheriff's Office early Sunday to report that he had shot and killed his wife, officials said.
Robert A. Duclos, 68, was waiting for Marion County Sheriff's Office deputies at the Cherrywood Estates home, located at 6310 S.W. 100th Loop, at 7 a.m., officials said.
When deputies and paramedics arrived, they found Mariella Duclos, 67, dead from gunshot wounds.
She was found in the kitchen of the 1,254-square-foot home in the quiet age-restricted retirement community just off Southwest 60th Avenue, about three miles south of State Road 200.
Marion sheriff's spokeswoman Jenifer Lowe said Robert Duclos told detectives the shooting was not a part of an argument or dispute. The reason for the killing, Duclos told detectives, was that t was an “internal conflict and personal issues within Mr. Duclos and he felt that this was a resolution to that conflict,” Lowe said Sunday afternoon.
Robert Duclos felt that “killing his wife was the only resolution to those conflicts,” Lowe added.
Though initially it was thought a shotgun may have been used in the shooting, Lowe said the murder weapon had not been recovered and verified.
Lowe said no more details, including the 911 tape, would be released Sunday. Robert Duclos was booked into the Marion County Jail on a first-degree murder charge and is being held without bond, jail officials said Sunday afternoon.
In October 2006, Duclos had been arrested on aggravated domestic violence without a firearm charge in connection with an altercation with his wife, Lowe confirmed.
Robert Duclos later pleaded no contest to a lesser battery charge nearly a year later.
He completed domestic violence counseling and received one year of probation.
Adjudication of guilt was withheld, according to Marion County Clerk of Court's online records.
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