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Afire captainfrom Ontario,Canada, admitted to thesecond-degree murderof his wife after initiallystagingherdeathas a car crash.
The murder stemmed from financial and marital issues.
A sentence is expected to be delivered on February 10, 2025.
Surveillance footageshowed someone with a large backpack fleeing the scene, later revealed to be Schwalm.
In these messages, he pretended she was running errands, even referencing gas cans and feeling unwell.
Schwalm, a former project manager, was identified through dental records.
Anautopsyreportedly confirmed she had been strangled to death prior to the fire.
Schwalm was later arrested for her murder on February 3, 2023.
Investigators discovered he had strangled A. Schwalm, staged the crash, and fabricated evidence to cover his tracks.
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Schwalm reportedly discovered that A. Schwalm was having anaffairwith her boss in 2022.
However, Schwalm was secretly involved in an affair with his wifes former bosss ex-wife.
He added: To say this was a senseless and elaborate plan would be a gross understatement.
Why not get a divorce?
It could have been so simple …
He was head of the fire department.
He was supposed to save lives, not take them.
The incident occurred just days before her participation in the 2024 Paris Olympics.
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