Wife Suffocated, Killed Ex-N.J. Cop In Hospital Bed, Police Say: Patch PM

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Wife Suffocated, Killed Ex-N.J. Cop In Hospital Bed: Police

The wife of a retired New Jersey police officer was charged this week with suffocating and killing him in a Florida hospital room, according to police. Prior to his alleged suffocation, Jan Sochalski was found pressing the button for her husband's self-administered pain medication system, and was told by hospital staff to stop. It was pressed 264 times in an eight-hour period, according to police.>>> Read more on Patch.

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