Ex-Penn Final Four Basketball Player Slain in Bed; Wife Charged
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The wife of Matthew White, who played basketball for the University of Pennsylvania on its 1979 Final Four team, was charged with stabbing him to death as he slept.
White’s wife, Maria Reyes Garcia-Pellon, was charged with first-degree murder, criminal homicide and possessing an instrument of crime, according to documents filed in state court in Media, Pennsylvania. Garcia-Pellon, 53, is being held in Delaware County jail without bail. It’s unclear whether she has retained an attorney, County District Attorney Jack Whelan said in an interview.