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Show UTAH WOMAN KILLS HUSBAND Bountiful Wife Exonerated By Coroner's Jury After Formal Inquest. BOUNTIFUL Utah, Dec. 27 lU.l.. A mother of three children who admittedly, has killed two men, was free to go her own way today after a coroner's jury exonerate her of blame , in connection witli the fatal shooting of her husband. After the inquest outcome, the county attorney's office announced no action would be taken against Mrs. Rose Caputo, 29. The woman fatally wounded her husband during a quarrel Sunday. She described how she grabbed a revolver and tired when her husband, hus-band, Tony, 39, came at her waving a poker. The controversy originated she said over Tony's annoyance at her expenditure of $5 for Christmas presents. The inquest verdict held that the woman shot in self defense. de-fense. Mrs. Caputo candidly informed the coroner's jury that she had killed John Lapoli in Trinidad,. Colo., eight years ago with the same pistol that ended her husband's hus-band's life. This altercation, she testified, originated when .Lapoli made advances ad-vances to her. Her husband objected ob-jected and the men fought. When it appeared Lapoli was gaining the upper hand Mrs. Caputo said, sh shot Lapoli. Later she was tried and acquitted on a homicide charge. |