Man dies after being burned with hot wax
Metro Police said they are investigating an unusual homicide, considering whether an east Nashville woman killed her husband with hot wax when the couple quarreled over $15.
The case got the attention of authorities when J.B. Marina, 60, called for an ambulance to come to his home on Forrest Avenue on July 6, Metro Police spokesman Don Aaron said.
''When the officer arrived he was being loaded into the ambulance and he told the officer that the severe burns to his groin, stomach, legs and hip were caused by his wife during an argument on July 1st,'' Aaron said. ''He told the patrol officer that his wife burned him with hot wax.''
He also told the officer that it happened during an argument about $15, Aaron said.
He said he did not know why the man waited five days before talking to police or seeking medical attention.
The victim's wife, Patsy Marina, 55, told police she did not burn her husband and did not know how he was wounded. However, Aaron said police still charged the woman with aggravated assault July 6.
On July 11, Metro's medical examiner's office notified police that Marina had died from complications from his burns.
''There were other medical issues involved, but the medical examiner's office reported to us he would not have died had he not been burned,'' Aaron said.
The wife is in jail in lieu of $8,000 bail, police said. Police are now investigating the case as a homicide.
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Metro Police said they are investigating an unusual homicide, considering whether an east Nashville woman killed her husband with hot wax when the couple quarreled over $15.
The case got the attention of authorities when J.B. Marina, 60, called for an ambulance to come to his home on Forrest Avenue on July 6, Metro Police spokesman Don Aaron said.
''When the officer arrived he was being loaded into the ambulance and he told the officer that the severe burns to his groin, stomach, legs and hip were caused by his wife during an argument on July 1st,'' Aaron said. ''He told the patrol officer that his wife burned him with hot wax.''
He also told the officer that it happened during an argument about $15, Aaron said.
He said he did not know why the man waited five days before talking to police or seeking medical attention.
The victim's wife, Patsy Marina, 55, told police she did not burn her husband and did not know how he was wounded. However, Aaron said police still charged the woman with aggravated assault July 6.
On July 11, Metro's medical examiner's office notified police that Marina had died from complications from his burns.
''There were other medical issues involved, but the medical examiner's office reported to us he would not have died had he not been burned,'' Aaron said.
The wife is in jail in lieu of $8,000 bail, police said. Police are now investigating the case as a homicide.
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