Police on Monday arrested man
shortly after he murdered his wife in a converted farmhouse in
the Piedmont village of Caramagna Piemonte.
The victim, aged 71, was found lying in a pool of blood
after a neighbor alerted Carabinieri police.
The couple's son reportedly witnessed the crime and has been
hospitalized in a state of shock.
The alleged perpetrator, 68, was tracked down in the village
square shortly after.
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