Ninety-one-year-old Duane Marvin was charged with killing his 91-year-old wife for reasons he couldn’t explain to detectives, a criminal complaint filed Monday said.
On Sunday, Duane Marvin told his neighbor his wife was dead. When the Anchorage Police Department responded, officers found Charlotte Marvin deceased in second-story bedroom of the home on East 28th Avenue. The couple had owned the property since the 1980s, according to online records.
When officers spoke to Duane Marvin, he was using a red colored walker for mobility. The officers noted blood spatter on one of its front wheels. The elderly man also had what appeared to be a fresh red mark on his hand, between the thumb and pointed finger, which the complaint says is “consistent with the slide of a pistol pinching the skin.”
Duane Martin was taken to APD headquarters, where he was questioned by detectives. At one point, the complaint says he made a “spontaneous utterance”: “I killed my wife and I don’t know why.”
In the interview, he told detectives he didn’t know what happened, and said he couldn’t explain it. He told them he “had to no reason to do anything to my wife.”
Detectives also found two guns in the home, and no sign of a forced entry.
Around 5 p.m., Monday, Duane Marvin turned himself into police. He was arrested and charged with murder in the first- and second-degree, as well as tampering with evidence.
Prior to those charges, Duane Marvin had no criminal history.
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