estranged husband

noun

formal
: a husband who no longer lives with his wife

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After weeks of investigation, authorities have arrested the estranged husband of a Newport Beach woman whose body was found down a steep embankment in a San Bernardino County mountain town in California. Stepheny Price, FOXNews.com, 28 Jan. 2026 After weeks investigating the death of a Newport Beach woman whose body was found along a steep embankment in a San Bernardino County mountain town, officials have arrested her estranged husband. Grace Toohey, Los Angeles Times, 26 Jan. 2026 The estranged husband of a Newport Beach woman who was found dead in the San Bernardino Mountains last November was charged with murder last week, prosecutors said. CBS News, 26 Jan. 2026 In this thriller, Tessa Thompson plays TV reporter Anna Andrews, who returns to her small Georgia hometown to report on a string of homicides being investigated by her estranged husband, Detective Jack Harper (Jon Bernthal). Clare Mulroy, USA Today, 24 Jan. 2026 Though there are a number of potential suspects, including Anna herself and her estranged husband, Detective Jack Harper (the deliciously rangy Jon Bernthal), it’s revealed in the shocking finale that Anna’s mother Alice (Crystal Fox) was the killer all along. Yohana Desta, Rolling Stone, 23 Jan. 2026 Police said that Silvestre’s estranged husband, Michael Diego, 39, shot the couple and fled in his vehicle before getting a ride from an unsuspecting citizen to near Cosumnes River Boulevard and Bruceville Road. Camryn Dadey, Sacbee.com, 19 Jan. 2026 Police promptly arrested the victim's estranged husband Asif Qureshi, 53, in connection with her killing. Samira Asma-Sadeque, PEOPLE, 13 Jan. 2026 Neither is the fact that her estranged husband, a detective for the sheriff’s department, leads the murder investigation. Ben Travers, IndieWire, 8 Jan. 2026

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