Texas Man Accused of Murdering His Pregnant Wife Cuts Ankle Monitor and Flees to It

A Texas man facing a capital murder charge for the 2024 killing of his pregnant wife has successfully fled the country. After being released on a $1 million bond with mandatory electronic monitoring, Lee Gilley tampered with his ankle monitor and traveled north to Canada. From there, the suspect boarded a flight to Italy, where local law enforcement ultimately took him into custody. Upon his arrival in foreign territory, the fugitive requested asylum because he claimed he was being wrongfully prosecuted and wished to avoid the death penalty. Investigators initially arrested him after medical examiners ruled his wife's death a homicide caused by neck compression, contradicting his original claims of a drug overdose.

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