Chief: Man accused of shooting wife is 'calculated killer'
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A Wisconsin police chief says he believes a man accused of fatally shooting his wife and blowing up their house will say she asked him to kill her.
Madison police Chief Mike Koval says 50-year-old Lee Anne Pirus may have been dead for weeks or months before being found in the rubble of their house Friday. Her 59-year-old husband, Steven Pirus, is jailed on possible charges of first-degree intentional homicide, arson and recklessly endangering safety.
The Dane County medical examiner's office says the victim died from "homicidal firearm trauma."
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Authorities allege Steven Pirus manipulated his home's natural gas system to cause the explosion. Koval says Pirus may try to "show himself as a humanitarian trying to help his wife." But, Koval describes him as a "cold, calculated killer."