"Ex-Mayo Clinic Doctor Charged with Poisoning and Cremating Wife to Conceal Crime"

A former Mayo Clinic doctor has been charged with poisoning his wife and attempting to halt her autopsy, allegedly in an effort to have her body cremated immediately. The doctor is accused of administering a lethal dose of a medication to his wife, who died in December 2020. Authorities say he then tried to prevent an autopsy from being conducted, but his efforts were unsuccessful. The motive behind the alleged poisoning and attempted cover-up remains unclear.