Amit Kumar Sentenced To Life In Prison For Fatally Stabbing Wife 55 Times, Officials Say
BALTIMORE (WJZ) -- A southeast Baltimore man was sentenced to life in prison Friday for fatally stabbing his wife in 2019.
The Baltimore City State's Attorney's Office said Amit Kumar stabbed his wife, 29-year-old Ankita Verma, 55 times during a struggle at their home on January 11. He then fled to Washington, D.C. and New York and was believed to have been trying to flee to Canada.
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He turned himself in to police near Syracuse, New York, two days later. At the time, he told police his wife's injuries were self-inflicted.
