Ohioan in dismemberment trial denies killing wife

CINCINNATI (AP) — A man on trial in Cincinnati in the slaying of his wife testifies that he did not kill her or have anything to do with the dismemberment of her body.

The 31-year-old John Strutz testified repeatedly today under both defense and prosecution questioning that he doesn’t know what happened to his wife.

Judge John West of Hamilton County Common Pleas Court earlier today acquitted Strutz on one of two murder counts in the death of 28-year-old Kristan Strutz. Police have said they found part of the woman’s torso in a garbage can last August.

Strutz, of Delhi Township, faces the remaining murder count and charges of tampering with evidence and gross abuse of a court.

Strutz was the final witness in the trial. Closing arguments are to begin Tuesday morning.