Kentucky man claims shot wife in mercy killing, police skeptical

By Karen Brooks (Reuters) - Kentucky authorities said Thursday they were skeptical of a man's claim that he had shot and killed his cancer-stricken wife because she had asked him to stop her pain "for good." Ernest Chris Chumbley, a 48-year-old middle-school janitor, was arrested early Wednesday without incident after he called 911 and said he had shot his wife, Virginia Chumbley, police officials told Reuters in a telephone interview. Virginia Chumbley, 44, was found shot three times in the face at the couple's home early Wednesday. ...



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