Crime & Safety
Man Who Fatally Stabbed Wife In Mahwah Was Sleepwalking, Lawyer Says: Report
A man who fatally stabbed his wife in their Bergen County home was sleepwalking, his lawyer told a news outlet this week.
MAHWAH, NJ — A 76-year-old man who allegedly stabbed his wife to death in their Mahwah home in 2021 was sleepwalking, his attorney said in a report on NJ.com on Wednesday.
Prosecutors had charged Dieter Zimmermann, who was 73 at the time, with first-degree murder in the staying of Jacqueline Zimmermann, 69, on Jan. 12 of that year.
The Bergen County Prosecutor's Office said at the time that Mahwah police responded to a domestic violence call at 27 Indian Field Ct. around 7:45 a.m. Police found Zimmerman with scratches and a bleeding cut on his finger, authorities said.
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His wife was found dead in an upstairs bathroom, prosecutors said.
The pair shared three children as well as several grandkids, says the report on NJ.com.
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As a trial date nears, defense attorney Brian Neary of Hackensack told the news outlet Wednesday that the defense is unusual, but Zimmerman had a "mental disease." Read more here.
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