78-Year-Old Man Charged With Attempted Murder Was Married to Wife for 40 Years: Police

A 78-year-old man accused of attempting to kill his wife was her husband for 40 years, and they have adult children together, Evesham Township Police said Thursday morning.

John R. Teti, of Barrington, was charged with second-degree criminal attempt homicide, second-degree aggravated assault and third-degree evidence tampering.

Police found the woman, who is about the same age as her husband, lying in the front yard of a Concord Road home around 11:48 a.m. Tuesday after receiving a report of a dead woman. She was unconscious and not breathing.

Officers immediately administered CPR and used an Automated External Defibrillator to revive her. She regained consciousness within minutes. She was then taken to a nearby hospital, and was reportedly in stable condition.

The unidentified woman had been staying with family members while she and her husband were trying to work through marital difficulties, police said.

Evidence at the scene indicated she stopped breathing as a result of a physical assault.

Teti was identified as the suspect following a joint investigation by Evesham Police and the Burlington County Prosecutor’s Office. He was arrested and charged by Barrington Police at his home in Barrington shortly after 1 p.m. Tuesday.

He remained in the Burlington County Jail in default of $350,000 bail as of Thursday morning.

Should he make bail, he has been told to stay away from his wife and the Concord Road home, the Courier Post reports. The incident has been ruled an act of domestic violence.