Elderly man accused of stabbing wife to death in bathroom
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Dieter Zimmerman (Bergen County Prosecutor s Office)
MAHWAH, N.J. - A man faces murder charges after his wife was found stabbed to death in a bathroom at their northern New Jersey townhome.
Dieter Zimmermann, 73, of Mahwah, also faces weapons charges stemming from the death of 69-year-old Jaquelin Zimmerman, according to the Bergen County Prosecutor s Office. Police found her body on a bathroom floor when they responded to the Indian Field Court home around 8 a.m. Tuesday for a reported domestic violence incident.
Dieter Zimmermann used a kitchen knife to kill his wife and had several scratches and a bleeding cut on his finger, authorities said.