Raleigh man charged with murdering wife in Wakefield dies

RALEIGH (WTVD) -- A Raleigh man accused of gunning down his wife in Wakefield will never be tried for the crime.

Mario Vellotti passed away at Central Prison after a long fight with lung cancer.

Vellotti's wife was gunned down at her apartment across the street from a school in the summer of 2012. Vellotti called 911, confessed to the murder, and drove himself to a downtown Raleigh police station. The then 64-year-old Vellotti and his 43-year-old wife, Agata, were separated and fighting for custody of their 6-year-old son.

In December, a prosecutor told a judge that doctors had stopped trying to treat the cancer, and that Vellotti was getting only pain medication.

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