Commonwealth v. Forde

The defendant was indicted for the murder of his wife. His motions to suppress evidence and for a required finding of not guilty were denied. The jury returned a verdict of murder in the second degree. The defendant appealed, and we transferred the case here on our own motion. We affirm.

On July 17, 1981, the defendant filed a missing person report on his wife. On July 18, he reported to the police that he had discovered his wife’s body on the back porch of their apartment. A police detective found no sign of assault on the victim or of forced entry to the apartment, and was told by the…