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Navajo County Sheriff's detectives search a property associated with Michael Abatti and his family in El Centro, Ariz., on Dec. 2, 2025, while investigating the murder of his estranged wife, Kerri Ann Abatti. (Camilo Garcia Jr./The Imperial Valley Press via AP)

Prominent California farmer pleads not guilty to killing estranged wife in Arizona

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In this photo provided by Suzanne Adams-Ockrassa, Navajo County Sheriff David Clouse holds a news conference in Holbrook, Ariz., on Monday, Dec. 29, 2025, about a recent arrest in the death of Kerri Ann Abatti, the estranged wife of prominent Imperial Valley, Calif., farmer Michael Abatti. (Suzanne Adams-Ockrassa/White Mountain Independent via AP)

No motive revealed in killing of prominent California farmer’s estranged wife in Arizona

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Water sits in a canal alongside irrigated fields Friday, Dec. 12, 2025, near El Centro, Calif. (AP Photo/Gregory Bull)

California farmer arrested on suspicion of murder in wife’s death in Arizona

By Amy Taxin and Jacques Billeaud - Associated Press