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Two killed in severed head crash

By TIMES WIRES
Published June 16, 2006

BOISE, Idaho - The severed head of a man's wife flew from his pickup Thursday when he crashed into an oncoming car, killing the driver and her child, police said.

The investigation of the deadly wreck and the head, which was tossed onto the roadway by the impact, led police to the decapitated body of 47-year-old Theresa N. Time in the garage of the home she shared with her husband, Alofa Time, said police Lt. LeRoy Forsman.

A Boise police officer was driving behind Alofa Time's truck when he noticed the man's erratic driving and then saw him slam into the car, said police spokeswoman Lynn Hightower.

Time, who was not hurt in the crash, told officers that he also was involved in his wife's death, officials said.

An autopsy on Theresa Time was scheduled next week, Canyon County Coroner Vicki DeGeus-Morris said.

Time was being held on two counts of second-degree murder in the deaths of Samantha Nina Murphy, 36, and her 4-year-old daughter Jae Lynne Grimes, both of Boise.

Murphy's other daughter was injured and was in stable condition at a Boise hospital.

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