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Rafael Robb, an ex-economics professor at the University of Pennsylvania, admitted killing wife Ellen Robb during the last Christmas. Rafael and Ellen had been married since 1990 but ut was reported that the couple had long been estranged. From Foxnews
Tags:Robb, 57, said Monday that he got into an argument with his wife about a trip she was taking with their daughter and whether they would be returning in time for the daughter [Olivia Robb] to return to school.
"We started a discussion about that. The discussion was tense," Robb said. "We were both anxious about it. We both got angry. At one point, Ellen pushed me. ... I just lost it."
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Ellen Robb, 49, was beaten to death in the kitchen of their home in Upper Merion Township, outside Philadelphia. Partly wrapped Christmas presents were nearby.
"It's a classic heat-of-passion killing," said Montgomery County District Attorney Bruce Castor, who offered Robb the chance to plea guilty to the manslaughter charge. ...
Rafael Robb, a native of Israel, earned a Ph.D. in economics from the University of California at Los Angeles, in 1981. He had been at Penn for at least four years when the slaying occurred.
