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YOUNGSTOWN, Ohio (AP) -- A man missing for 20 years and declared dead about 12 years ago resurfaced mysteriously at the home of his former wife, who shot him after he walked upstairs and lay on a bed, police said.
Ben Holmes, 48, was in serious condition at a hospital Friday night, authorities said.
"I shot him. The gun is in the house," Addie D. Holmes, 50, was quoted as telling police. Officers found a .22-caliber handgun in an upstairs bedroom. She was in Mahoning County jail Friday on $5,000 bond on a felonious assault charge.
Police believe the man went to his former wife's house after getting wind of her remarriage two weeks ago. She fired six shots, wounding him at least twice, authorities said.
In 1979, Ben Holmes' ranch-style house in Youngstown was leveled by an explosion, police said. Investigators classified the fire as arson.
The next year, Holmes failed to appear for a court hearing, and a fugitive warrant was issued.
About eight years later, Addie Holmes was involved in having him declared dead, The (Youngstown) Vindicator reported. His whereabouts the past two decades were unknown.
