Man arrested for allegedly murdering wife in Zarqa

AMMAN — The Criminal Court prosecutor on Saturday charged a man with premeditated murder in connection with the alleged murder of his wife in Zarqa earlier in the day, official sources said.

The 40-year-old victim was allegedly murdered by her husband while at her home at dawn on Saturday, Police Spokesperson Lt. Col. Amer Sartawi said.

“The victim was beaten by her husband who fled from the house shortly after her death,” Sartawi told The Jordan Times.

Investigators located the suspect’s whereabouts, and he was arrested by police a few hours later, Sartawi added.

A post-mortem conducted by a team of government pathologists at the Zarqa National Institute of Forensic Medicine indicated that the victim died of manual strangulation, a senior medical source said.

“The autopsy also revealed that the victim suffered from dozens of old and new bruises on different parts of her body that were caused by a blunt object,” the senior medical source told The Jordan Times.

The victim’s hair was also shaved down to zero, the senior medical source added.

In his initial confessions to the Criminal Court prosecutor, the suspect claimed that he “murdered his wife over domestic feuds,” according to a senior official source.

The Criminal Court prosecutor is expected to summon the victim’s and suspect’s family members to question them about the incident, the senior official source said.

According to a statement by the Public Security Directorate, the Criminal Court prosecutor ordered the suspect to be detained at a correctional and rehabilitation centre for 15 days pending further investigations.