Alameda Man, 72, Pleads Not Guilty to Charge he Murdered His Wife

A 72-year-old Alameda man who told police that he fatally shot his wife in October because she was in constant pain pleaded not guilty today to a murder charge against him. Jerry Canfield, who is being held at the Santa Rita Jail in Dublin in lieu of $100,000 bail, is scheduled to return to Alameda County Superior Court on Feb. 13 for a pretrial hearing.

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Alameda police Lt. Jill Ottaviano said Canfield walked into the city’s police station at about 6 p.m. on Oct. 26 and said he had killed his wife, Joann Canfield, also 72, at their home in the 2200 block of Clinton Avenue by shooting her in the head. Ottaviano said Canfield “was very forthcoming” about the shooting and said he had planned it.

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Alameda police Officer Alan Kuboyama said in a probable cause statement that Canfield told police that he and his wife “had previously agreed that if she ever became ill to the point of being in constant pain, he would kill her.” Kuboyama said when police went to the couple’s home they found Joann Canfield in her bed with a gunshot wound to the head.

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