Robert Wengert |
| Posted 2009-04-11 by Maurine |
| Wickenburg Sun, Wickenburg, Arizona April 10, 1996 Man dies in during domestic quarrel Sunday night at squatter’s Flat. A common-law husband and wife quarrel turned deadly Sunday night in the "squatter's flat" area at the end of the pavement of Constellation Road just inside the Yavapai County line. According to reports from the Yavapai County Sheriff’s Department, Robert Wengert, 46, was pronounced dead at Good Samaritan Hospital in Phoenix late Sunday following the incident. Spokes person Laurie Hadley of the 4 YCSO in Prescott said Wengert was shot once and possibly twice with a small caliber handgun by his wife, Phyllis Emanuel, 54. According to a statement given to deputies at the scene, Emanuel said the couple had been drinking and got into an argument which escalated to the point that her husband came at her with a knife. Emanuel told deputies she shot Wengert in self-defense. No charges have been filed against Emanuel, Hadley said. An autopsy and further investigation will determine if charges will be brought, she said. Both Emanuel and Wengert were listed by Yavapai County authorities as transients, living in a fifth-wheel trailer in the area northeast of Wickenburg where the shooting occurred. Their last known permanent address was in Congress authorities said. Wickenburg Sun, Wickenburg, Arizona June 5, 1996 Robert “Butch” Wengert of Congress, died March 31 in Phoenix. He was 46. Mr. Wengert was born Oct.29, 1949 in Sterling, Colo. He had lived in Arizona for the past two years, working as a mechanic. Mr. Wengert worked as a mechanic around the Haxtum, Colo. area for many years, and he worked for a dredging company that moved him to many different locations before he came to Arizona. Survivors include his daughter Connie and husband Kurt Welsh; three grandchildren, Dillon Austin and Colynn; a stepdaughter Kim Fecht and husband Dan; his father, Bud; his wife, Helen; two sisters, Alice Holloway and Patsy Shields; a brother, Harry Pennington; and numerous nieces and nephews. He was preceded in death by his mother, Geraldine; his brother Jim his grandparents; and one nephew. Services were May 16 at the Haxtun Cemetery. See Also: Find A Grave |
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