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DonViejo

(60,536 posts)
Wed Apr 10, 2013, 02:28 PM Apr 2013

Police: Phoenix area man killed wife over HIV fear

Source: AP

GOODYEAR, Ariz. (AP) — A man charged with fatally stabbing his wife and adult son in their suburban Phoenix home told investigators he carried out the killings out of a fear he had given his wife HIV from prostitutes he used to frequent and out of concern about what would become of his jobless son afterward.

Investigators said in court records that Eugene Maraventano, 64, believed his wife, Janet Maraventano, 63, was ill and feared she might test positive for cancer or a disease he had given her from prostitutes he slept with when he worked for a rail line in New York.

Eugene Maraventano, who planned to kill himself after killing his wife, wondered what would become of his son, Bryan Maraventano, 27, after his suicide, explaining that his son played video games all day and had no girlfriend or job, according to a court record filed by police. Bryan Maraventano lived with his parents.

Eugene Maraventano made several unsuccessful suicide attempts after the killings and called authorities Saturday to say he had carried out the stabbing deaths a few days earlier, police said.

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Read more: http://www.salon.com/2013/04/10/police_phoenix_area_man_killed_wife_over_hiv_fear_2/

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Police: Phoenix area man killed wife over HIV fear (Original Post) DonViejo Apr 2013 OP
Makes sense. closeupready Apr 2013 #1
Self centered asshole. Believes the world revolves around him. Spitfire of ATJ Apr 2013 #2
Exactly. Self-centered doesn't even begin to describe him. smirkymonkey Apr 2013 #4
What a piece of work. reflection Apr 2013 #3
Are those the "family values" and "morality" that I keep hearing are better than Jamastiene Apr 2013 #5
 

smirkymonkey

(63,221 posts)
4. Exactly. Self-centered doesn't even begin to describe him.
Wed Apr 10, 2013, 07:30 PM
Apr 2013

What a sociopathic prick. I hope he has the book thrown at him.

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