SALT LAKE CITY — A man was arrested Tuesday after police received a call from a family member alleging that he had murdered his wife.
A relative of 63-year-old Larry Johnson called Pleasant Grove Police on Tuesday and informed them that Johnson said he killed his wife by strangulation. The couple lived in downtown Salt Lake City, so the Pleasant Grove Police Department reached out to Salt Lake City Police for assistance.
Officers and firefighters then responded to the Wasatch Manor apartment building at 535 S. 200 East, where they found the suspect's wife, 71-year-old Victoria Johnson, dead.
Larry Johnson was then safely taken into custody in Pleasant Grove, police said. Arrest documents detail that Johnson told police that he had not been taking his medication for bipolar disorder for several months.
He also told police that he "lost the ability to protect his wife," court documents report.
Investigators found that Johnson had taken "multiple trips" to the garbage and many areas of the apartment, including dresser drawers and closets were found mostly empty.
He was booked into the Salt Lake County Metro Jail facing charges of murder and obstructing justice.
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