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   From: bksherman@nytimes.com   
      
   A Florida man killed his estranged wife and tried to cover up   
   the crime by sending texts to family and friends, claiming the   
   missing woman had been diagnosed with coronavirus, police say.   
      
   David Anthony was being held without bail Tuesday at the Doña   
   Ana County Detention Center in New Mexico on second-degree   
   murder and kidnapping charges. He was arrested April 1 in   
   connection with the disappearance of his 54-year-old wife,   
   Gretchen Anthony, who still has not been found.   
      
   An investigation was launched last month, when an unidentified   
   witness said they received a “suspicious text” from the missing   
   woman. According to an arrest report obtained by CBS 12, the   
   message claimed Gretchen was being held by the Centers for   
   Disease Control in Jupiter following a diagnosis for COVID-19.   
      
   The witness noted that she received the text on March 23 and   
   that the last time she saw Gretchen was a few days prior.   
   Authorities believe her 43-year-old husband is the last person   
   known to have contact with her.   
      
   Officers searched her home and reached out to the Jupiter   
   facility but have so far been unable to find Gretchen. They   
   later found her vehicle abandoned with her purse still inside.   
      
   A second witness told officers they too received a text from   
   Gretchen, saying she was being taken by a CDC approved task   
   force in Belle Glade, where they “sedated her.” He said the   
   messages sounded more like Anthony and showed them other   
   messages to support his claim.   
      
   Authorities noted there is no facility in Belle Glade.   
      
   “As the investigation progressed and further evidence collected,   
   it is believed David E. Anthony is responsible for her   
   disappearance and related homicide,” Jupiter police said in a   
   statement posted to Facebook.   
      
   Police tracked him to Las Cruces after his phone pinged there   
   and took him into custody. He is currently awaiting extradition   
   to Palm Beach County.   
      
   https://www.nydailynews.com/coronavirus/ny-coronavirus-florida-   
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