ORLEANS, Vt. (AP) - A 58-year-old Vermont man has pleaded not guilty to a second-degree murder charge in the shooting death of his wife in the town of Orleans.
The court says Randall Swartz entered the plea Monday in Vermont Superior Court in Newport.
Swartz was charged following the May 15 shooting death of his 54-year-old wife, Thea Swartz, who was found dead shortly after calling 911 to say her husband was pointing a handgun at her.
When police arrived, Randall Swartz was found with a gunshot wound to the torso.
He was released Friday from the Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center in Lebanon, New Hampshire, and taken to Vermont’s Southern State Correctional Facility in Springfield.
Swartz is being held without bail.
Swartz’s attorney did not return a call seeking comment.
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