The co-owner of the Villa restaurant in Eastpointe appeared in court Tuesday, charged with one count of open murder in the death of his wife.
The Villa, on Gratiot Avenue, north of 8 Mile (Photo: Facebook)
Joseph Jim Palleschi is implicated in the death of Karen Barr Palleschi, who was found in the couple's home early Saturday with a single gunshot wound to the head. The Macomb Daily reports:
According to Clinton Township police, officers were dispatched about 2:40 a.m. Saturday to a report of shots fired at a two-story home on Vincenzia Drive at Monticello, in the Terra Bella subdivision near 18 Mile and Garfield roads in Clinton Township.
When officers arrived, they found the wife deceased lying in an area between the kitchen and garage. Investigators said it appeared she had been shot once in the head.
The husband did not flee and surrendered to officers. Police said it appears alcohol was a factor in the incident.
Joseph Palleschi had bond set at $500,000. The Villa restaurant has closed since the incident. A message on the restaurant's Facebook page mentions "a recent tragedy in the family" and says itl reopens for carryout today.
