Texas woman admits to drowning husband in creek, charged with murder: police
Dora Alvarez Maldonado, 44, faces a murder charge in the case, according to police in Texas
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A North Texas woman is accused of murdering her husband by drowning him in a creek, police said Wednesday.
At 3:00 p.m. on Tuesday afternoon, police received a 911 call reporting a woman holding a man in a creek. Denton Fire personnel pronounced the male deceased on scene.
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Police say Dora Alvarez Maldonado eventually admitted to detectives that she drowned her husband in a creek. (The Denton Police Department)
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Dora Alvarez Maldonado, 44, initially told officers that a man she did not know was involved in her husband's drowning.
She later told officers that she made up the story, and she was the one who drowned her husband.
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Maldonado was arrested and faces a murder charge. She is currently in the City of Denton Jail, with bail set at $500,000.
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Her husband's name has not been released pending notification of family.