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Confessed killer Fischer faces murder charge in wife death
Poughkeepsie AP reports Joseph Fischer, 50, paroled in 1978 after 24 years for a 1953 teen murder, is jailed without bail in the stabbing death of his 77 year old wife Clau dine Eggers. He claims to have killed as many as 20 people across multiple states and says he cannot remember killing his wife, expressing remorse only if he had. Fischer says he turned himself in to New York City police thinking he was entering a church and claims further murders in Maine New Jersey Oklahoma Arizona New Mexico California Connecticut and New York City. He admits arguing with his wife and striking her and notes ongoing alcohol problems. Police have not corroborated other killings Fischer claims.
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