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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Andrea Cavallier

A serial killer’s daughter was decapitated two decades ago. A jury found her husband not guilty for murder

A jury found Christopher Wolfenbarger not guilty for the 1998 murder of his wife - (Fulton County Sheriff’s Office/Provided)

A Georgia man has been acquitted of murder more than two decades after his wife’s remains were found stuffed in trash bags near his workplace.

Christopher Wolfenbarger, who was arrested in August 2024 for the murder of Melissa Wolfenbarger, leaned back in his wheelchair and heaved a sigh of relief when the verdict was read on Friday.

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