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October 10, 2007

Mass. man charged with murdering wife 21 years ago

ACUSHNET, Mass. -- A judge has ordered an Acushnet man to be held without bail for allegedly murdering his estranged wife 21 years ago.

Forty-four-year-old Robert Roy is charged in the death of Marni Roy, who was 19 years old at the time of her death.

Prosecutors say Roy went missing on March 4, 1986. Her body was discovered four years later by recreational divers in a privately owned quarry in Dartmouth.

The skeletal remains were tied and weighted down by cinder blocks.

Bristol District Attorney spokesman Gregg Milliote says Roy was a suspect when his wife went missing and when her remains were found. Testimony from new witnesses allegedly tied Roy to the killing.

Milliote says Roy was jealous of the attention men were giving his young wife.

He is due back in court for a probable cause hearing on December 5.

-- The Associated Press

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