DALLAS, April 27 (UPI) -- A man with brain and lung cancer who was accused of killing his wife of 60 years planned to kill himself as well, but failed, Dallas authorities said.
James Roberson, 83, left a note detailing instructions to call police, the couple's daughter and a local funeral home. The note said he and his wife, Mary Roberson, also 83, could be found in the back of the couple's tidy brick home, the Dallas Morning News reported.
Roberson is charged with murder in the shooting death of his wife, who had been dependent on him after she suffered a series of strokes that left her right side partially paralyzed.
A hospice worker discovered the note and called the couple's daughter, who notified police about 10:20 a.m. Tuesday.
Roberson was released from jail to his adult son and daughter on $2,500 bail.
"That's one of the lowest bonds for murder I've ever seen," said Sgt. Don Peritz, Dallas County Sheriff's Department spokesman.
