UPDATE:
A South Carolina man is in Cumberland County Prison, waiting to be sent back home for homicide.
Lower Allen Township Police say 28-year-old Jonathan Roe, of Iva called them Sunday night, wanting to turn himself in for allegedly killing his 48-year-old wife.
Roe told officers he was tired of running.
However, it was not until Lower Allen Police called Iva Police that they found the deceased body of Sonja Lynn Roe.
Police in South Carolina says he was recently released from jail after he was arrested on other charges, including assault and battery with intent to kill.
Jonathan Roe is in Cumberland County Prison without bail.
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IVA, S.C. (AP) — Authorities say a South Carolina man killed his new wife, then fled to Pennsylvania and called police to confess.
Iva police said 28-year-old Jonathan Craig Roe was detained Monday in Lower Allen, Pa., and was being charged with murder.
Iva Police Chief Tommy Miller says authorities were called to the couple's home Sunday night and found a woman dead inside a bedroom. Authorities said 48-year-old Sonja Lynn Roe had been shot several times. Police were not sure when she died.
Police say Jonathan Roe was recently released from jail after being arrested on other charges, including assault and battery with intent to kill. No other details about those charges were released.
Roe was awaiting extradition to South Carolina. It wasn't known if he had an attorney.
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