(Reidsville, NC) – A 75-year-old Reidsville man has been charged with his wife’s murder.

Sheriff’s deputies from Rockingham and Guilford Counties responded to a call from 130 Mamie Lane in Reidsville about 3:45 Wednesday morning and found an unresponsive female. Deputies assisted a family member who was already administering CPR, but they were unable to save 70-year-old Patsy Ann Sergent. She was pronounced dead at the scene.

Detective J. Cheek arrested her husband, 75-year-old Shelby Howard Sergent, and charged him with first-degree murder. Sergent was placed in the Rockingham County Detention Facility under no bond. He is scheduled to appear in Wentworth District Court on April 18.

The couple’s home is located near the county line.

 

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