Man Says Meal Too Small, Kills Wife, Police Say
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RIO DE JANEIRO — Brazilian police Friday were looking for a man who killed his wife after complaining that she did not cook a big enough Christmas meal for guests.
Edvaldo Canela da Silva shot his 22-year-old wife, Isabel, shortly after midnight Thursday at their home in a Rio slum, police said.
Witnesses told police da Silva had invited the guests at the last minute and had been drinking heavily before the shooting.
He has not been seen since he fled the house early Friday, police said.
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