Texas man killed Filipina wife, stored body in freezer

Police are investigating the deaths as a murder-suicide

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Arlington, Texas: Investigators believe a 66-year-old Dallas-area man killed his estranged 24-year-old wife and stored her body in a freezer before taking his own life.

Edward Rogers Jr.
Edward Rogers Jr.
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Arlington police on Monday located the bodies of Edward Rogers Jr. and Alyssa Marie Mejia Rogers in the house they once shared. An affidavit says a friend told police that Rogers on Sunday showed him the body in the freezer where he still lived.

Police are investigating the deaths as a murder-suicide. A medical examiner determined Rogers shot himself. Cause of the death was pending for the wife as police try to determine when she died.

The Fort Worth Star-Telegram reports the couple met online - she was from the Philippines - and they married two years ago but were divorcing.

Police had responded to disturbance calls at the home.

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