DAYTONA BEACH, FLA.—Authorities say a retired Florida nurse suffocated her husband in his hospital bed as he was recovering from elective back surgery. Daytona Beach Police Chief Mike Chitwood tells news outlets that 61-year-old Jan Sochalski of Palm Coast was arrested Monday and charged with second-degree murder in connection with the May 19 death of 64-year-old Henry Sochalski. An arrest report says a nurse found the suspect on top of her husband in his bed moments before his death at Florida Hospital Memorial Medical Center in Daytona Beach. A Volusia County medical examiner ruled earlier this month that Henry Sochalski’s death was a homicide caused by suffocation. Investigators say Jan Sochalski denies killing her husband.

Source: thestar August 30, 2016 10:30 UTC