73-year-old N.J. man charged with murdering his wife with kitchen knife, authorities say
Updated Jan 12, 2021;
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Dieter R. Zimmermann, 73, of Mahwah, was charged with murder and weapons-related offenses, the Bergen County Prosecutor’s Office announced Tuesday night.
The Mahwah Police received a 911 call at 7:45 a.m. which reported a domestic violence incident on Indian Field Court and when officers arrived they found Zimmermann with several scratches and a bleeding cut on his finger, the office said.
Officers then found his 69-year-old wife, Jaquelin Zimmermann, dead on the floor of an upstairs bathroom next to master bedroom, according to a statement.
UpdatedTue, Jan 12, 2021 at 8:03 pm ET
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Jaquelin Zimmermann was stabbed to death in a domestic violence homicide, authorities said. Her husband, Dieter Zimmerman, is in custody. (Courtesy Bergen County Prosecutor s Office)
This story was updated at 7:51 p.m. Tuesday.
MAHWAH, NJ A 73-year-old Mahwah man, Dieter Zimmerman, is in custody after authorities said he stabbed his wife to death with a kitchen knife early Tuesday morning. He is charged with first-degree murder.
According to the Bergen County Prosecutor s Office, Mahwah Police responded to a domestic violence call at a home at 27 Indian Field Ct. around 7:45 a.m. Police found Zimmerman with scratches and a bleeding cut on his finger, authorities said.
My husband is trying to kill me, N.J. woman told caller before she was found stabbed to death
Updated Jan 13, 2021;
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“During the phone call, Jaquelin stated that her husband was trying to kill her,” a detective wrote in an affidavit of probable cause.
The line suddenly went dead and the woman that Jaquelin had been speaking with dialed 911, telling police what she’d heard, according to the affidavit.
Investigators say Jaquelin Zimmerman was stabbed multiple times with a “butcher-style knife.” Her body was found face-down on the floor of the bathroom, just behind the door, according to the affidavit.
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.