Police: Phoenix area man killed wife over HIV fear
Source: AP
GOODYEAR, Ariz. (AP) A man charged with fatally stabbing his wife and adult son in their suburban Phoenix home told investigators he carried out the killings out of a fear he had given his wife HIV from prostitutes he used to frequent and out of concern about what would become of his jobless son afterward.
Investigators said in court records that Eugene Maraventano, 64, believed his wife, Janet Maraventano, 63, was ill and feared she might test positive for cancer or a disease he had given her from prostitutes he slept with when he worked for a rail line in New York.
Eugene Maraventano, who planned to kill himself after killing his wife, wondered what would become of his son, Bryan Maraventano, 27, after his suicide, explaining that his son played video games all day and had no girlfriend or job, according to a court record filed by police. Bryan Maraventano lived with his parents.
Eugene Maraventano made several unsuccessful suicide attempts after the killings and called authorities Saturday to say he had carried out the stabbing deaths a few days earlier, police said.
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closeupready
(29,503 posts)Spitfire of ATJ
(32,723 posts)smirkymonkey
(63,221 posts)What a sociopathic prick. I hope he has the book thrown at him.
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(6,286 posts)Jamastiene
(38,187 posts)a gay family?
smh