Florida Veteran Acquitted of Murdering Wife’s Lover Now Charged With Killing Woman Inside Home
A decorated Florida veteran who was acquitted of the murder of his wife’s lover seven years ago has now been charged in connection with the September death of a woman inside his home, authorities said Friday.
Ralph Wald, 77, was charged with manslaughter with a firearm Friday after calling 911 on Sept. 16 and stating a woman inside his home was not breathing, according to the Hillsborough County Sheriff's Office. When deputies arrived at Wald’s home, which is about two hours outside of Tampa, they found a woman fatally shot in the chest on the “couch in the living room,” the sheriff’s office said in a press release.
Authorities have declined to release the name of the woman, but the Hillsborough County Medical Examiner’s office confirmed to The Daily Beast that it received the body of Johanna Flores, Wald’s wife, the same day as the incident. An obituary for Flores, 48, also states she died on Sept. 16.
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