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Widow Who Killed Husband Gets 6 Years In NJ State Prison Widow Who Killed Husband Gets 6 Years In NJ State Prison
Widow Who Killed Husband Gets 6 Years In NJ State Prison A Mays Landing woman will spend more than half a decade in prison after admitting to killing her husband during an argument in their home on Christmas night, authorities said. Marylue Wigglesworth, 53, was sentenced on Tuesday, Aug. 20 to six years in state prison, the Atlantic County Prosecutor's Office said in a news release on Thursday, Aug. 22. She pleaded guilty on Tuesday, June 4 to second-degree manslaughter in the shooting death of 57-year-old David Wigglesworth. Hamilton Township police found David Wigglesworth with a gunshot wound at the home on the 5200 b…

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by Chris Spiker
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Woman Indicted In Husband's Fatal Shooting In South Jersey Woman Indicted In Husband's Fatal Shooting In South Jersey
Woman Indicted In Husband's Fatal Shooting In South Jersey Marylue Wigglesworth, 51, of Mays Landing, was indicted Tuesday, Feb. 21 on charges of murder and weapons offenses for the alleged murder of her husband, David Wigglesworth, 57. On Christmas 2022, at approximately 10:19 p.m., the Township of Hamilton Police Department responded to a residence on the 5200 block of Mays Landing Somers Point Road for an injured man. Police found David Wigglesworth suffering from an apparent gunshot wound. He was pronounced dead at the scene. The investigation resulted in the arrest of Marylue Wigglesworth for murder. She was taken int…

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by Jon Craig
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Husband Was Naked In Bed, Watching TV When He Was Shot Dead In South Jersey: Reports Husband Was Naked In Bed, Watching TV When He Was Shot Dead In South Jersey: Reports
Husband Was Naked In Bed, Watching TV When He Was Shot Dead In South Jersey: Reports David Wigglesworth was watching TV naked in bed when he was shot to death on Christmas Day in South Jersey, news reports say. Meanwhile, the battered woman accused of killing her husband got unlikely character letters of support from her mother-in-law and brother-in-law, Breaking AC reports.  Defense attorneys and Hamilton police say a fight between Marylue Wiggleworth and her violent husband led to the slaying.  But that wasn't enough to persuade a judge who ordered Wigglesworth, 51, to remain jailed pending her murder trial at a detention hearing on Tuesday, Jan.…

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by Jon Craig
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Woman Says Fight Prompted Her Violent Husband's Fatal Shooting: Reports Woman Says Fight Prompted Her Violent Husband's Fatal Shooting: Reports
Woman Says Fight Prompted Her Violent Husband's Fatal Shooting: Reports Attorneys for a woman charged in the Christmas night shooting death of her husband claim there was a history of domestic violence in the household.  The Atlantic County Prosecutor's Office says a fight preceded the fatal shooting, The Press of Atlantic City reports. Marylue Wigglesworth called 9-1-1 saying she’d been in a fight, The Press said, citing court records. Wigglesworth, 51, allegedly shot David Wigglesworth, 57, late on Christmas night, Daily Voice previously reported.  According to BreakingAC, Wigglesworth had bruises and other injuries, her attorneys said, addin…

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by Jon Craig
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Man's Christmas Killer Was His Wife, Police Say — And Facebook Shows Nothing But Idyllic Times Man's Christmas Killer Was His Wife, Police Say — And Facebook Shows Nothing But Idyllic Times
Man's Christmas Killer Was His Wife, Police Say — And Facebook Shows Nothing But Idyllic Times A 51-year-old Mays Landing woman has been charged with her husband's Christmas murder — but her social media shows only the highlight reel of a happy couple. Marylue Wigglesworth is accused of killing David Wiggelsworth, 57, who was found with a gunshot wound around 10:20 p.m. on Sunday, Dec. 25, the Atlantic County Prosecutor's Office said. The victim was pronounced dead at the scene — a home on the 5200 block of Mays Landing Somers Point Road Wigglesworth was arrested and lodged in the Atlantic County Justice Facility. The Wigglesworths appear to have been married for many years, with …

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by Cecilia Levine