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Udurovich then hit him on the head with a wrench, killing him on the spot. Afterwards, both he and Mondich dragged the body to a nearby brick manufacturing company and dumped the body into a hole used for unloading building materials, covering it with some rubbish. Mondich would later be questioned about her husband's disappearance on July 12, but as there was no credible evidence for an arrest, she was let go. She later filed for divorce on the grounds of cruelty and desertion, which she won and was given ownership of their house on Osborne.
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threatened her at gunpoint to marry him. Mondich initially pretended to accept his offer, but when he sat down to read the newspaper, she grabbed his revolver and shot him in the abdomen. Frightened, Udurovich attempted to flee through the window, but was shot in the back and fell, whereupon
Mondich got closer and shot him in the neck, killing him. On the following morning, she buried the body under the house and moved away yet again.
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went to the police station and begged the officer in charge to find his wife, mentioning that she had taken some clothing and all the money. In an attempt to bring further attention to his pleas, he mentioned that she had previously been questioned in the disappearance of a previous husband, whereupon Steve was brought to the
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Shortly after becoming acquainted, Udurovich fell in love with
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Mondich eventually remarried, this time to a man named Steve
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