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Wife Killed Over HIV Fear: Eugene Maraventano Feared he Gave AIDS to Spouse
Kathleen Lees
First Posted: Apr 10, 2013 02:23 PM EDT
Charged with killing his wife and adult son, Eugene Maraventano acknowledged that he fatally stabbed both for fear, he said, that he may have contracted the AIDS virus from prostitutes he frequented years earlier and given it to his wife, according to police reports.
Maraventano, 63, told a detective that he stabbed his wife, Janet, with a 14-inch kitchen knife while she was sleeping in their bedroom. After that, he decided to kill his son, Bryan, 2, according to a probable cause statement filed in court Monday.
Maraventano said he frequented prostitutes while working in New York and feared he might have given the virus to his wife, who recently had tests for cancer, which were negative, the statement said. The document didn't say whether either Maraventano or his wife was positive for HIV.
"I killed my wife and I killed my son; I can't kill myself," Maraventano told a 911 dispatcher, according to court documents obtained by The Phoenix New Times.
After thinking it through, Maraventano said he thought it best to kill his son, also, who he stabbed twice when he opened his bedroom door, as he wasn't sure how he would be able to cope without his parents. He also said he believed his son was mentally disabled since he had no job, no girlfriend and just wanted to sit around playing video games all the time, according to a statement.
Maraventano called 911 on Saturday to report the killings, which police said were committed Thursday.
In the meantime, Maraventano said he tried several times to kill himself but failed, according to the police.
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First Posted: Apr 10, 2013 02:23 PM EDT
Charged with killing his wife and adult son, Eugene Maraventano acknowledged that he fatally stabbed both for fear, he said, that he may have contracted the AIDS virus from prostitutes he frequented years earlier and given it to his wife, according to police reports.
Maraventano, 63, told a detective that he stabbed his wife, Janet, with a 14-inch kitchen knife while she was sleeping in their bedroom. After that, he decided to kill his son, Bryan, 2, according to a probable cause statement filed in court Monday.
Maraventano said he frequented prostitutes while working in New York and feared he might have given the virus to his wife, who recently had tests for cancer, which were negative, the statement said. The document didn't say whether either Maraventano or his wife was positive for HIV.
"I killed my wife and I killed my son; I can't kill myself," Maraventano told a 911 dispatcher, according to court documents obtained by The Phoenix New Times.
After thinking it through, Maraventano said he thought it best to kill his son, also, who he stabbed twice when he opened his bedroom door, as he wasn't sure how he would be able to cope without his parents. He also said he believed his son was mentally disabled since he had no job, no girlfriend and just wanted to sit around playing video games all the time, according to a statement.
Maraventano called 911 on Saturday to report the killings, which police said were committed Thursday.
In the meantime, Maraventano said he tried several times to kill himself but failed, according to the police.
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