Man Who Allegedly Confessed To Killing Wife On Trial

GLENWOOD SPRINGS, Colo. (CBS4)- The trial for a man who allegedly confessed to killing his wife after he was injured in a car crash has begun.

Arturo Navarrete-Portillo has been charged with first-degree murder in the death of Maria Carminda Portillo-Amaya in February 2015 in their Carbondale home. It was the town's first homicide in a decade.

An image from the crash (credit: Randy Essex/Post Independent)

Police say Navarrete-Portillo, 47, was in a crash after the stabbing and allegedly told a helicopter ambulance crew that he had killed his wife.

Jury selection began on Tuesday in Glenwood Springs. The trial is expected to last 10 days.

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