A 69-year-old man in Roy, Utah, has been accused of shooting and killing his wife, but he alleges that she told him to do it, according to reports.
Dave Meyer was booked on suspicion of the murder of his wife on January 21. Police also concluded that his wife had been killed earlier in the week after discovering her body in their home, according to a Fox 13 report.
Police who were initially dispatched to the home indicated that Meyer may have killed his wife, according to the report. He was arrested without incident on Saturday and taken into custody.
While searching the home, the body of Meyer's wife, who hasn't yet been named by authorities, was found.
When speaking to police, Meyer said that his wife had been in pain for over a decade following a car accident. He said he had watched her suffer for many years with severe back pain and nerve damage.
He also said she had been "asking him to kill her for a while now due to the amount of pain she has been in," according to court documents.
Explaining the alleged incident, Meyer told investigators that he was rubbing his wife's back one day when he noticed his 9mm handgun on the dresser.
He then proceeded to shoot her in the head.
However, police have said he could not recall exactly what day this occurred. Police believe this alleged incident took place on Tuesday.
Meyer said he left her body in the room for several days following this before reporting the incident.
Meyer was ordered to be held without bail and now faces a charge of 1st-degree felony murder and 2nd-degree felony obstruction of justice. This is due to the many days Meyers waited before reporting the death.
While speaking with investigators, Meyers also noted that he and his wife would smoke marijuana together each night and have done so for the last 10 years.
Neither of them had medical marijuana cards however and police have said this meant he was restricted from possessing a firearm.
In addition to the charges of murder and obstruction of justice, Meyers may also face illegal firearm possession charges.
Newsweek has contacted the Roy Police Department for comment.
The Everytown for Gun Safety non-profit organization has said every month an average of 70 women are shot and killed by their partner, in a report that was last updated on January 26, 2022.
The report continued: "Intimate partner violence (IPV) is a serious public health problem that affects millions of American women, with far-reaching impacts not only for individual victims but also for their families, their communities and our economy.
"Although IPV affects people of all genders and sexual orientations, the impact of abuse, including rates of severe physical violence and violence inflicted with a firearm, is predominantly experienced by women with male partners.
"Guns amplify the inherent power and control dynamics characteristic of abusive intimate relationships, whether as lethal weapons to injure and kill or as a tool to inflict emotional abuse without ever firing a bullet."
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