Pennsylvania man Jonathan Gatto was arrested and charged with murder on 14 October after investigators alleged he strangled his wife and burned her body while their seven-year-old daughter slept at the family home in Harrisburg.
The investigation began four days earlier, when emergency crews responded to a fire at the family's Green Street home and found Dr Julia Pederson, 41, unresponsive. The Harrisburg Bureau of Police subsequently stated that her death was not caused by the blaze.