Man Pleads Not Guilty In Wife’s Slaying
LAS CRUCES, N.M. (AP) – An Arizona man accused of killing his paralyzed wife in southern New Mexico has pleaded not guilty to a charge of first-degree murder.
Court records say 63-year-old David Taub of Green Valley waived his arraignment Tuesday, also pleading not guilty to a charge of tampering with evidence.
Taub had told New Mexico State Police he and his wife were traveling from Arizona to Texas Oct. 4 when they stopped at a truck stop in Lordsburg.
He said he left their recreational vehicle and returned to find is wife beaten and robbed.
Taub said he then drove 120 miles to a Las Cruces hospital, here 60-year-old Sherry Taub was pronounced dead.
Police have said there were inconsistencies in Taub’s story.
