AN ALBUQUERQUE MAN SUSPECTED OF KILLING HIS WIFE IS NOW BEHIND BARS. FIFTY-THREE YEAR OLD LARRY HOFFLAND WAS BOOKED INTO JAIL MONDAY NIGHT AFTER SPENDING SEVERAL DAYS IN THE HOSPITAL. HOFFLAND MADE HIS FIRST COURT APPEARANCE TUESDAY, AND HIS BOND WAS SET AT 100-THOUSAND DOLLARS.
POLICE SAY HE MURDERED 53 YEAR OLD GERALDINE HOFFLAND AT THE COUPLE'S HOME NEAR ACADEMY AND LOWELL LAST WEEK, THEN TRIED TO KILL HIMSELF.
HOFFLAND TRIED TO KILL HIMSELF BY JUMPING OFF A BALCONY AND STABBING HIMSELF. AT THE TIME, APD SAID LARRY HOFFLAND WAS SUFFERING FROM SELF INFLICTED, NON-LIFE THREATENING WOUNDS. HE TOLD POLICE HE "LOST HIS MIND."
