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Husband of woman who died in Gilbert hospice care arrested

A 46-year-old man was arrested in Gilbert for allegedly killing his wife who was in hospice care.

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PHOENIX — A 46-year-old man was arrested for allegedly killing his wife who was in Gilbert hospice care, authorities said on June 12.

Details on Gilbert arrest

Gilbert police responded to a hospice care facility located near Lindsay and Williams Field roads just after 9 a.m. on June 11. Memory care staff had reported to authorities that a 58-year-old woman had “suspicious bruising and markings” when she was found dead that morning around 3 a.m.

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Justin Davidson, the suspect, told detectives assigned to the case that he had “direct involvement” in his wife’s death.

The identity of Davidson’s wife was not released.

Davidson was arrested on one charge of first degree murder and put in the custody of the Maricopa County Sheriff’s Office.

No other information was provided.

Payne Moses KTAR.com editor

Payne Moses is a web content editor for KTAR News and Arizona Sports at Bonneville Phoenix. A lifelong Arizonan, Payne briefly left the state to play collegiate golf but returned to pursue his passion for journalism. When he’s not managing digital… Read more

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4 Comments

Silenced Dogood
Silenced Dogood 1 year ago

Love comes in many forms.

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Oldsettler 1 year ago

We definitely need Right to Die law in Arizona, in all the USA.
The current legal situation does not allow us that choice even when a person will only be living in a painful or severely paradise situation.

In my opinion and many others it is only right that /we I have the right to make that choice for my selves.

Clark
Clark 1 year ago

Anyone ever get the details on Bill Heywood and wife? Last I heard she was sick and he was in debt bigtime.