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Man allegedly confesses to killing wife with sword, police say

/ 05:54 PM September 17, 2020

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A man allegedly used a sword to kill his wife after they had a verbal altercation inside their home in Florida in the United States, according to police.

Mark William Thibault, 53, confessed to killing 56-year-old wife, Rachel Thibault, earlier this week, as per ABC affiliate WPLG yesterday, Sept. 16.

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Thibault’s relative, whose name was withheld, reported to police last Tuesday, Sept. 15, that Thibault confessed to him about killing his wife.

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Thibault allegedly told the relative that he had a verbal fight with his wife that escalated into a physical one, confessing that he struck Rachel’s head against a bathtub before stabbing her with a sword.

Police then came to Thibault’s residence in Homestead on the same day. Thibault was said to have immediately told police when they arrived, “I had a horrible night. I’ve been in a fight with someone who I thought was my wife.”

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Even though in Thibault’s supposed confession he said he used a sword, police were only able to recover a handgun from the scene.

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Thibault has since been taken to the Turner Guilford Knight Correctional Center and was being held on a second-degree murder charge. Ian Biong /ra

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