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Muncie man formally charged with murder, obstruction in wife s death
Kenneth Wayne Herbert, 52, had been arrested March 4.
Court documents filed by Chief Deputy Prosecutor Zach Craig said Kimberley Herbert, 48, was pronounced dead soon after her husband took her to IU Health Ball Memorial Hospital on June 20, 2016.
At the time she arrived at the hospital, the victim was described as unresponsive and in cardiac arrest.
An autopsy determined the Delaware County woman had died as a result of multiple traumatic blunt force injuries to her head, neck, torso and extremities.
She had also suffered a lacerated liver.
According to an affidavit, three witnesses interviewed in recent months by Delaware County sheriff s investigators reported Kimberley Herbert in the final hours of her life indicated she had been physically assaulted by her husband.
Recently released Muncie felon arrested in wife s 2016 slaying
MUNCIE, Ind. A Muncie felon has been accused of killing his wife nearly five years ago.
Kenneth Wayne Herbert, 52, was being held without bond Friday in the Delaware County jail, preliminarily charged with murder.
Kimberley Jo Herbert was 48 when she died in June 2016. Authorities said her death was the result of multiple traumatic blunt force injuries.
According to an affidavit filed Thursday, when Kenneth Herbert was arrested by Delaware County sheriff s deputies:
• When Herbert delivered his wife to IU Health Ball Memorial Hospital about 2:40 a.m. on June 20, 2016, she was unresponsive and in cardiac arrest, and had blood oozing out of (her) mouth.