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MARLBORO, Mass. (AP) — Investigators said Monday that a body found in a wooded section of town was that of a 46-year-old woman who was allegedly killed by her husband, and was not the victim of a suspected serial killer who dumped the bodies of three other women nearby.

Middlesex District Attorney Martha Coakley said Maria Hartogensis, and her husband, Richard Hartogensis, 41, had been married for about two years and that the alleged murder was believed to be the result of domestic violence.

The husband has been charged with murder, Coakley said.

The body was discovered in a wooded area of Elm Street late Sunday morning by a woman walking her dog. Investigators said it appears it was left there recently.

Three other women’s bodies have been discovered in Marlboro and neighboring Hudson since September 2003.

“We do not have any evidence to believe it is related (to the other three killings), and we have no evidence to connect to them,” Coakley said. “Those three killings are still unsolved.”

The remains of Betzaida Montalvo, 29, were found on the grounds of the Hillside School in Marlboro on Sept. 24, 2003. Five days later, the remains of Carmen Rudy, 29, were found just feet away. The remains of Dinelia Torres, 33, were found about a mile away in Hudson on March 3, 2004.


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