A Bethel man has been charged with murder after his wife was found dead Sunday.
Police in the Western Alaska hub town of about 6,500 received a call from "someone in the neighborhood" about a woman not breathing in a house on Jacob's Way around 6:38 a.m. Sunday, said Bethel Police Chief Burke Waldron.
When police and medics arrived they found Marie Beebe Lupie, 46, dead, according to a statement from the department released Sunday.
She "appeared to have suffered multiple contusions and lacerations and is believed to be the victim of a homicide," the statement said.
Her husband, Jason Joseph Lupie, 39, was questioned and arrested at 2:30 p.m. Sunday, police said in a statement.
He is charged with a single count of second-degree murder. He's expected to be arraigned in Bethel Monday, Waldron said.
Lupie is also facing felony assault charges in a separate case that dates back to May.