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Md. Man Reports Killing His Wife To Police

SILVER SPRING, Md. (AP) -- Montgomery County police say a man has been charged after calling authorities to say he had killed his wife.

Authorities say Bernardo Paz Flores-Olvera, 32, called 911 from a pay phone about midnight Tuesday and said he had killed his wife about two hours earlier. The man told police his wife was in their apartment in the 1000-block of Quebec Terrace.

Police say they found Elizabeth Velez Vasquez, 33, in a bedroom of the apartment. The woman had obvious trauma to her body and was pronounced dead at the scene.

Flores-Olvera was charged Wednesday with first-degree murder. Police say he stabbed with wife with a knife and another sharp instrument. He is being held without bail.

(Copyright 2011 by The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved.)

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