A man has been charged with murdering his wife and leaving her body in her Bayview home, police say.
Police found Sophan Torn dead in her home, located in the 1600 block of East Bayview Boulevard, just after 6 a.m. on Saturday while responding to a welfare check call, according to a release from the Norfolk Police Department.
Her death was originally classified as undetermined, but on Saturday afternoon police arrested her husband, David M. Tackett, in Henrico County.
Tackett has been charged with second-degree murder and is being held in jail without bail.
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