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Prominent local Republican David Wigglesworth of New Jersey was shot and killed on Christmas day by his wife, Marylue Wigglesworth.
Although Marylue says the shooting occurred in self-defense, prosecutors have poked holes in her story, which has led to her arrest for murder.
Marylue says the shooting occurred as a result of a fight. She has not denied shooting her husband.
However, when police received a 911 call and arrived to the scene, they found David Wigglesworth was “naked and in bed with the TV on.”
Superior Court Judge Patricia M. Wild ordered Marylue Wigglesworth held in jail due to the “severity of the charge” against her.
GOP candidate David Wigglesworth ran for a seat on the Hamilton Township Committee in 2019, but lost.
He also served on the township’s planning board and was a volunteer for the Boys & Girls Club of Atlantic City.
Attorneys representing Marylue argued that she had bruising and injuries on her arms and torso from the events of the night she shot her husband.
“What the state did not do and did not present, your honor, is that when she did talk to the police, she admitted that she shot him,” Rosenblum said.
“She stated at least six times to the officers that there was a fight and an altercation.”
“They never took pictures of her that night to see what her injuries or bruising were, or at least I have not received them, your honor,” Rosenblum said.
Marylue Wigglesworth is visibly crying as her attorney relays the alleged abuse she suffered at the hands of her husband … (Only still photos have been approved by the judge for this proceeding)
via @BreakingAC pic.twitter.com/x8ma6MrtK6— Lynda Cohen (@LyndaCohen) January 3, 2023
Her lawyer also argued that she is not a threat to the community.
The state prosecutor responded, “The fact that she hasn’t been violent to the rest of the community is all well and good; however, she was extremely violent on this night.”
