Wife Killer Plows Car Into Parked Semi

"MILL CREEK, WA — Police say a pregnant woman found dead in an apartment early Monday was likely killed by her husband shortly before he was involved in a fatal car crash.

"Mill Creek police spokesman Ian Durkee said the investigation began just after midnight when officers were dispatched to a domestic dispute at an apartment complex in the 14700 block of Main Street.

"Officers found the 27-year-old woman dead inside, but there was no one else in the apartment.

"At the same time police were checking the apartment, officers responded to a fatal car crash about 4 miles away in the 18500 block of 35th Avenue SE.

"Durkee said the woman's husband was speeding when he crossed the centerline and slammed into a semi-truck trailer that was parked along the side of the road. He died at the scene, and no one else was hurt.

"Police have not released the names of the couple.

"Friends of the couple told investigators they had gone to the apartment Sunday night after the woman called and said her husband started acting strangely and was armed with a loaded shotgun.

"The friends believed they had defused the situation and left. That's when the husband attacked his wife, Durkee said.

"The man owned several firearms, according to police, but officials have not said exactly how the woman was killed other than stating that she suffered a `severe head wound.`

"Investigators spent much of the day collecting evidence at the apartment and the crash scene, but it was not clear what prompted the killing."

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