Crime & Safety

Man Said to Kill, Eat Wife Dies at Jamaica Plain Hospital

A man charged with murdering his wife in Shrewsbury has died.

An elderly man charged in the April 5 died in a Jamaica Plain hospital, according to Worcester County District Attorney Joseph D. Early Jr. The man is alleged to have eaten bits of her flesh as well, according to the Boston Herald.

Jieming Liu, 79, died at in Jamaica Plain. He had been transferred to Shattuck from Bridgewater State Hospital where he was sent for an evaluation after his arraignment in Westborough District Court on April 6.

On April 5, Shrewsbury police had been called to 32 F Shrewsbury Green where they found Yuee Zhou, 73, dead.

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