A 93-year-old man has been charged with murd£ring his wife and he allegedly told police he slashed her throat because he “couldn’t take it anymore.”
James Pate told police in Pekin, Illinois, that he and his wife, Cheryl Pate, 80, got into a f!ght in their car on Tuesday, September 2, when he struck her then pulled a kn!fe out of the center console and cut her throat, according to an affidavit.
James Pate was found covered in bl00d at the scene, and admitted to cops in an interview that he and Cheryl Pate were planning to get a divorce, but his pent-up anger at her exploded, the documents said.
He told cops he “couldn’t take it anymore,” according to the affidavit. It was not clear how long they had been married.
Cheryl Pate was found with no pulse and was pronounced de@d at a nearby hospital.
An autopsy by the Peoria County Coroner’s Office confirmed she di£d from multiple sharp, blunt-force injuries “that were incompatible with life and unsurvivable.”
James Pate was charged with first-degree murd£r, the Pekin Police Department said.
The Tazewell County State’s Attorney’s Office has filed a petition to deny his pretrial release.
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