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Man found with wife's body had 'volatile,' abusive marriage, says woman's sonThe man who was arrested after driving with his dead wife's body in the passenger seat in Eloy had a tumultuous marriage with the woman that included physical abuse, according to court records and the woman's son... Linda Puckett's son, Chris Fields, told The Arizona Republic Wednesday his mother's marriage was "volatile" and that it's "angering" how she was treated after her death. "She was a good mother, a grandmother and a great-grandmother," he said. "She didn't deserve to be thrown into the floorboard of his car. Whatever his reason was, it wasn't good enough." Fields said the pair had been physically abusive toward each other throughout a majority of their marriage.
Clearly, I was wrong on the attempt to conceal. This man is scary. I feel so awful for her children and family to have to think about your mom being abused like that in death.
They couldn't charge him with a seatbelt violation.From the article: "Rodney Puckett was booked into the Pinal County Jail on a count of abandonment or concealment of a body. He could face additional charges, police added."
It doesn't seem to me that he either abandoned or concealed the body! I bet the police figured they ought to charge him with something, but what?
Goodness gracious! I know this isn’t funny, but you know how sometimes people laugh at the most inappropriate times? I have laughed so hard that my dog is barking his head off wondering what’s wrong with me. I don’t think I’ve read anything this... odd... in a very long time. I can’t imagine being that drive thru worker!!!Whiskey
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Goodness gracious! I know this isn’t funny, but you know how sometimes people laugh at the most inappropriate times? I have laughed so hard that my dog is barking his head off wondering what’s wrong with me. I don’t think I’ve read anything this... odd... in a very long time. I can’t imagine being that drive thru worker!!!
We always used to say, "if you don't laugh you would be crying!", in our line of work.Goodness gracious! I know this isn’t funny, but you know how sometimes people laugh at the most inappropriate times? I have laughed so hard that my dog is barking his head off wondering what’s wrong with me. I don’t think I’ve read anything this... odd... in a very long time. I can’t imagine being that drive thru worker!!!
They did say on the radio the other day that there was "minor blunt force trauma" but that they would not further elaborate until after the autopsy.BUT what caused her death.
We will soon know.
MOO.
We always used to say, "if you don't laugh you would be crying!", in our line of work.
Another case where a restraining order means squat.Not his first or second go around with LE... Finally, found some msm confirming what I heard on the radio about blunt force trauma.
Man arrested after road-tripping with dead wife in car has lengthy history of arrests
Rodney Puckett's road trips often were fueled by drugs, alcohol, and at least one loaded firearm. And his arrests almost always involved a vehicle.
He had convictions in three states going back at least 15 years when he was stopped Monday outside of Carl's Jr. in Eloy with his wife's nude body upside down in the passenger seat of a car. ...
I don’t believe she knew," Chris Fields of Broken Arrow, Oklahoma, told The Arizona Republic. He said his mother never mentioned Rodney Puckett's arrests, which included a string of offenses in Oklahoma, Florida and Kansas.
Court records paint a picture of erratic behavior and petty offenses that snowballed into multiple charges for the same incident. The records offer scant insight into his persona, but they are underscored by reports last year that Puckett suffered from severe mental illness.
The courts, despite multiple felony charges, appeared to treat Puckett sympathetically, deferring sentencing, and ultimately putting him on probation. He never did prison time.
Records show Puckett pleaded no contest to eluding a Glenpool, Oklahoma, police officer in 2004. He also pleaded no contest to resisting arrest. The court responded to the pleas with a deferred sentence, meaning the case was dismissed after he served probation.
In 2005, Tulsa police pulled over Puckett on suspicion of driving while intoxicated, records show. He also faced charges of transporting a loaded firearm, possession of marijuana and drug paraphernalia, transportation of an open container of alcohol, and driving without insurance.
Records show he pleaded guilty to the charges, paid a fine and the case was closed in 2006.
From 2006 to 2011, Puckett's record appeared to be clean. That ended when he was arrested by police in St. Petersburg, Florida, for making a false report to an officer. He also was charged with possession of marijuana and possession of hydrocodone, an opioid used to treat pain and sometimes prescribed as a cough suppressant.
Puckett pleaded guilty and was sentenced to nine months' probation that he served in Oklahoma.
About the same time, Rodney met Linda Fields, and his criminal record appeared to go dormant.
“It seems like they met at an elderly singles group," Fields said.
They got married. But their marriage was anything but stable, Fields said
Fields described the couple's relationship as volatile and said it was peppered with physical abuse on both sides. He said his mother had left the couple's home in Sand Springs, Oklahoma, and had moved to Tulsa.
The El Paso Times cited court records stating the couple was undergoing a divorce to end their nearly eight-year marriage. They had filed restraining orders against each other earlier this year.
It's unclear if that's what prompted Rodney to get into a car and drive once more. In April, he took off, prompting the Sandy police to issue a Silver Alert for the missing senior citizen.
In the alert, police described Puckett as bipolar and said he left without his medication. Officials also said he was unable to be mobile for long because of extreme back pain, according to an Oklahoma News 4 report.
Puckett wasn't missing. He was in jail. On April 19, Puckett was arrested in Bourbon County, Kansas, on suspicion of reckless driving and trying to evade officers. Records show he was released on $2,500 bond. His court date was scheduled May 3.
Records don't show if Puckett appeared for court. On May 13, police say he was on the road to Eloy, his dead wife by his side.
An initial exam of Linda's body by the Pinal County Medical Examiner's Office found signs of "minor blunt force'' trauma on her body, but a cause of death has not been determined, police said.
Puckett was arrested and is being held on a charge of abandonment or concealment of a dead body, but could face additional charges, police said.
Fields told The Republic his mother deserved better.
"She was a good mother, a grandmother and a great-grandmother," he said. "She didn't deserve to be thrown into the floorboard of his car. Whatever his reason was, it wasn't good enough."
Thank you SO much for finding and posting this. What a lovely woman she must have been!'Special person': Woman found in husband's car 'wasn't just a body,' sons say
'Special person': Woman found in husband's car 'wasn't just a body,' sons say
Linda was a pastor's wife for more than 40 years; he died of heart disease in 2008.
'Special person': Woman found in husband's car 'wasn't just a body,' sons say
'Special person': Woman found in husband's car 'wasn't just a body,' sons say
Linda was a pastor's wife for more than 40 years; he died of heart disease in 2008.