Cary husband's trial delayed to November
Judge Donald Stephens granted a defense motion Thursday to continue the trial of Harish Patel until November. Patel, who is charged with the death of his estranged wife, will stand trial beginning Nov. 30.
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Harish Purushottamdas Patel, 60, and Vanlata Patel, 57, had been married since 1996 and had adult children from previous marriages. She filed for divorce in November, and court records indicate the two had a dispute with over how their financial assets, including more than $400,000 in Swiss bank accounts, should be divided.
After her son, Ashesh Patel, reported her missing Jan. 18, 2008, Mecklenburg County, Va., authorities identified a body found along Interstate 85 as hers.
According to an affidavit, her partially clothed, charred body was found wrapped in a comforter and tied with rope.
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