A Mira Road man nearly got away with murdering his wife, until his 8-year-old son’s statement nailed his lie. Shivkumar Patel (40), who lived with his wife Shalini an RPF constable and their 8-year-old son at Shanti Nagar in Mira Road (East), called the police on December 10 and said he had found his wife dead at their residence.

In his statement to the police, he said that she had slipped and fallen and had probably died of her injuries. Accordingly, the Mira Road police registered an accidental death report. After the preliminary post-mortem revealed on December 12 that Shalini had some facial injuries as well, the police got suspicious and began investigating the case thoroughly.