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Man admits to killing wife and burning body in forest
Nov 2, 2009, 16:00 GMT
Bayreuth, Germany - A man in the Bavarian town of Bayreuth confessed to having murdered his wife and burnt the body, after he initially registered her as missing, police said on Monday.
The 47-year-old confessed to having beaten his wife to death and driving her body to a nearby forest, where he set fire to his car.
A rambler had called the police when he found the burnt-out four-wheel drive, containing the charred remains of the woman's corpse.
The man was arrested, and a postmortem examination was to be carried out on the body of his 50-year-old wife, the police said.
The motive for the deed was initially unclear.
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