‘Dispose of their bodies like trash:’ Man, 83, convicted of murdering, chopping up wife and disabled daughter because he ran out of money

Reginald MacLaren (Arapahoe County Sheriff

Reginald MacLaren (Arapahoe County Sheriff’s Office)

A jury in Colorado on Friday convicted an 83-year-old man in the murder and dismemberment of his wife and disabled daughter, prosecutors say.

Reginald MacLaren was found guilty of two counts each of first-degree murder and tampering with a deceased body along with false reporting, the 18th Judicial District Attorney’s Office said in a press release. MacLaren murdered his wife Bethany MacLaren, 70, and daughter Ruth Jennifer MacLaren, 35, with an ax and then chopped them up with a saw before stuffing their bodies in trash cans he had bought over a week earlier at Home Depot.

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