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MANATEE COUNTY FlaOct 3 2012 - A 68-year-old ManateeCounty man who records show was aformer Bradenton Police Department officer was charged with murder Monday nightin the death of his wife, Manatee County sheriff'sofficials said.
Thomas Fleming, 68, was arrested Monday in the murder of his67-year-old wife, Claire Fleming, who was found dead at a residence in the 2300block of 45th Court West,officials said in a release.
Thomas Fleming was waiting outside the residence whendeputies arrived around 7 p.m. Monday; authorities had received a call from aneighbor who had just spoken to Thomas Fleming.
Deputies went inside and found the body of Claire Fleming,the release said. Thomas Fleming was taken into custody and charged withmurder. No motive for the killing was offered but the release said the killingwas domestic in nature.
Manatee County property recordsshow Thomas P. Fleming has owned a property in that block of 45th Court West in the Willow Oakssubdivision since 1993.
Records from a past Herald-Tribune investigation show thatThomas P. Fleming was a police officer in Bradentonroughly from 1967 to 1985; court records in Manatee also show that Flemingbrought suit against the Bradenton City Police Department pension fund in 1985.
Source:herald-tribune