Rolando Corte and his wife, Lucrecia Elizabeth Jadan Sumba, were having marital problems before he killed her Jan. 8 in their home on the 400 block of Elmora Avenue and later dumped her body in a trash receptacle in the Allentown, Pennsylvania, area, authorities said.

Investigators found suspected blood in the kitchen area and the hall outside their bathroom in Elizabeth, according to a criminal complaint charging Corte, 42, with murder. His wife died of “sharp force” injuries,

A 42-year-old Elizabeth man whose wife was found dead in a trash receptacle in Pennsylvania over the weekend has been charged with killing her, officials said.