Man Facing Foreclosure Charged In Wife's Death; Allegedly Bought $1M Insurance Policy On Her Life While Behind On House Payments Weeks Before Slaying

In Southern California, The Press Enterprise reports:

• A Murrieta man charged with murder for financial gain was not making mortgage payments at the time authorities say he purchased $1 million in life insurance on his wife, who died a few weeks later, county records show. Kelle Lee Jarka could face the death penalty or life in prison if convicted of the April slaying of Isabelle Jarka, his 40- year-old wife and the mother of two.

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