A guy from Minnesota who admitted to murdering his wife and hiding his body in a slow-moving area in his home has committed suicide in prison.
On Saturday night, in a checkup, Joshua Fury, 29, was discovered insensitive on his criminal motive through agents, according to WCCO. Although MPs acted in cardiopulmonary resuscitation and sought to save lives, Fury died. His manner of death was declared suicide by hanging ligatures, showing the medical examiner’s workplace in a press release received through PEOPLE.
Anger awaiting conviction after pleading guilty to second-degree murder for the murder of his wife, Maria Pew Weimelt, on April 30, before this month.
Court documents filed Tuesday verify that Fury admitted to strangling Pew Weimelt after an argument at his Maple Grove home before hiding his frame in space and then pretending to disappear, KARE11, WCCO and KSTP report.
First of all, Fury told the police that his wife had disappeared after a walk. The police then searched the couple’s house, but did not discover anything unusual.
Relatives told investigators that Pew Weimelt planned to leave her husband and that Fury was “controlling and possessive,” according to a criminal complaint received from the Star Tribune.
During a moment searching the house, the researchers discovered the structure of Pew Weimelt buried in a slow movement on the lower level. He had a plastic bag stuck around his mouth and nose.
Fury is due to be sentenced to 38 years in prison on July 31.
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Since Pew Weimelt’s death, his circle of family members has used social media to raise awareness of domestic violence.
“Maria is one of 15 intimate spouse murders in MN as early as this year. 15. It just has to end. These murders left thousands of families, parents, cousins, aunts, uncles, friends, neighbors, lifeguards and communities to care about other people raped and traumatized. This will have to stop,” the circle of relatives wrote on a Facebook page called Maria’s Voice, engaged to her beloved.
The message continues: “Let us use our voice with Mary’s to ensure that a space is a position of protection and love, not hidden in violence. We want your help to end this national pandemic. Please stay with us and join us on Facebook – Maria’s Voice – Our movements will have to reposition this acceptability of intimate spouse violence.”
If you are a victim of domestic violence, call the National Domestic Violence Hotline at 1-800-799-7233 or visit thehotline.org. All calls are confidential and free of fees. The hotline will be available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week in more than 170 languages.