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‘Thinking about killing her’: Tooele man, 81, arrested for attempted murder

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TOOELE, Utah — An 81-year-old man is jailed after his arrest in Tooele for the attempted murder of his wife. Police say Donald Louis Arend was taken into custody after he called police on Wednesday and "stated he had killed his wife with a knife."

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