Authorities in Serres, northern Greece, launched a manhunt on Thursday for a man who confessed to killing his wife.
The suspect, identified as a 59-year-old resident of the village of Sitochori, disappeared from his home after calling the police to say that his wife was dead and that he had killed her.
Officers responding to the call found the body of the woman, 52, in the couple’s home, with preliminary findings indicating that she had been strangled.
According to reports, the suspect had been arrested in the past for domestic disturbances involving fights with his son.
