Police: Gilbert Man Kills Estranged Wife

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Story Created: May 24, 2012 at 11:42 PM EDT

Story Updated: May 25, 2012 at 3:24 PM EDT

Gilbert, SC (WOLO) -- A Gilbert man is in custody, accused of killing his estranged wife.

Deputies withe the Lexington Co. Sheriff's Department say Jeffery Martinez was arrested Thursday night after they responded to his home on Hayes St. in Gilbert.

According to investigators Martinez shot and killed his estranged wife, Ginger Martinez after the two got into an argument when she came to the house to retrieve their two children.

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