Jury selection is underway in the murder trial for a Georgia man accused of beheading his wife.
As CrimeOnline previously reported, Christopher Wolfenberger stands accused of the murder of his wife, Melissa Wolfenberger.
Police named Wolfenberger a person of interest from the start, according to Atlanta Homicide Detective Jarion Shepard.
Melissa Wolfenbarger’s family last heard from her on Thanksgiving 1998, when she called from her husband’s grandparents’ home, according to a police report at the time.
In 1999, investigators found a human head, soaked in bleach in a black trash bag, off of Avon Avenue in Atlanta, The head was in an area behind a glass company where Christopher Wolfenbarger once worked.
Police said he didn’t report his wife missing until 2000, claiming that he she left voluntarily and never returned.
A grand jury indicted Wolfenberger in 2024.
“This defendant inflicted homicidal violence upon Melissa Wolfenbarger, his wife, who he was separated from,” Attorney Brian Trepanier said last year.
“Medical examiners were able to determine that the dismemberment appeared to have been done by a mechanical or electrical saw.”
Prosecutors referenced Christopher Wolfenbarger’s criminal record, noting that since the 1990s, he has been charged with four felonies, mostly for theft, and also for failure to appear in court for past cases, and violated probation in 2003.
Wolfenbarger’s defense countered by emphasizing that these offenses happened decades ago, pointing to his age and insisting he should be presumed innocent while awaiting trial.
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