# Gujarati man charged with murdering estranged wife in Chicago 2026-08-13T01:04:44+00:00 | World & Diplomacy | Indian Opinion Desk Corroboration: 1 independent outlet A 32-year-old man from Kadi in Mehsana district, Gujarat, has been charged with first-degree murder in Chicago for allegedly stabbing his 32-year-old wife to death. Chicago police found the woman with a stab wound to her neck in an apartment in Albany Park on August 9. She was pronounced dead at the scene. The accused was arrested about nine hours later at O'Hare International Airport. The Times of India reports that the couple moved to the US eight years ago and have a five-year-old daughter. Relatives of the accused claim the wife left him twice for a younger man. The accused had sent the daughter to India days before the killing, and allegedly called his wife on the day of the murder asking her to take the child. In May, he had posted a video in Gujarati speaking of contemplating suicide after the woman first left him. ## Coverage - timesofindia.indiatimes.com Tags: Chicago murder, domestic violence, Gujarat, Indian diaspora, NRI crime, US legal case Canonical: https://indianopinion.org/gujarati-man-charged-with-murdering-estranged-wife-in-chicago/ License: Summary and commentary (c) Indian Opinion, reusable with attribution. Facts belong to the linked sources. Cite: https://indianopinion.org/gujarati-man-charged-with-murdering-estranged-wife-in-chicago/#story-in-brief Review state: restored archive article, accurate at time of publication, not offered to search indexes.