Husband accused of killing wife in their Newark home, authorities say
Updated Jan 15, 2021;
Posted Jan 15, 2021
Jose Lasso Guaman was arrested and charged in the killing of his wife in their Newark home, authorities said.courtesy of Essex County Prosecutor s Office
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A 45-year-old woman was found dead in her home on Thursday and authorities arrested her husband in the killing, Acting Essex County Prosecutor Theodore N. Stephens II announced Friday.
Jose Lasso Guaman attacked his wife, Maria Lasso, in their Polk Street home in the Ironbound section of Newark, authorities said. The prosecutor’s office did not indicate how she was killed.
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A Newark man is facing a first-degree murder charge after attacking and killing his 45-year-old wife in their Newark home, authorities said.
Maria Lasso was attacked by Jose Lasso Guaman at their Polk Street home on Jan. 14, and pronounced dead at the scene around 7:45 a.m., Acting Essex County Prosecutor Theodore N. Stephens, II, and Newark Public Safety Director Anthony F. Ambrose said.
Guaman has been charged with first degree murder, possession of a weapon and possession of a weapon for an unlawful purpose.
He was arrested Jan. 14 and remanded to the Essex County Correctional Facility in Newark.