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Police: Man Ate McDonald's In Kitchen Where He Strangled Wife

SPANISH FORK, Utah (AP) - A Utah man is under arrest in what police are calling the strangulation death of his wife.

The Daily Herald newspaper reports (http://bit.ly/2xrd9Z4) authorities found indications 35-year-old Curtis Nichols ate a meal from McDonald's in the kitchen where his wife's body was found.

Police say he told investigators that he found Robin Nichols dead after returning from Wal-Mart with the fast food Thursday night.

But officers say the time-stamp on his receipt didn't match the story he told, and they also found scratches on his head that he'd tried to hide with a hat.

He was arrested Saturday, after an autopsy showed she died of strangulation. The couple lived with their three children.

No lawyer was immediately listed for Nichols in court records.

 

Copyright 2017 The Associated Press.

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