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James Maharg, right, charged with the murder of his husband in their Sherman home, is shown in Danbury Superior Court on May 8, 2019.
Photo: Rob Ryser / Hearst Connecticut MediaJames Maharg, right, charged with the murder of his husband in their Sherman home, is shown in Danbury Superior Court on May 8, 2019.
James Maharg, right, charged with the murder of his husband in their Sherman home, is shown in Danbury Superior Court on May 8, 2019.
James Maharg, right, charged with the murder of his husband in their Sherman home, is shown in Danbury Superior Court on May 8, 2019.
DANBURY — The pre-trial hearing of the Sherman man accused of murdering his husband last year is expected back in court Aug. 12.
James C. Maharg, 66, facing murder and tampering with physical evidence charges after police found his 63-year-old husband, Thomas Conley, dead in the couple’s Sherman home last March.
Authorities said the murder culminated after months of trouble for the couple, when Maharg called 911 and announced: “My husband is dead.”
Maharg told police that he and his husband had stopped going into their Manhattan fashion retail supply business because it was failing, and as a result they were losing their 20-acre farmhouse to the bank and were dealing with it by drinking three bottles of tequila a day.
First responders found empty tequila bottles in the couple’s house, as well as Conley’s cold, naked body at the bottom of a staircase with two wounds to the top of his scalp.
“The victim walked into the kitchen and said something nasty to Maharg, and Maharg pushed the victim’s chest, causing him to fall backward into the kitchen cabinet shelf,” according to a police affidavit.
“Maharg stated he must have struck the victim in the head at some point during this time, however, he could not provide us with the object or the exact time frame,” the affidavit says. “[He] stressed he must have struck him in the head with a significant object to create the large gash.”
Maharg was arrested in March 2019, and remains in custody on $2 million bail.
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