By Emma Reynolds UPDATED: 10:01 EST, 17 September 2012 Texts sent by the murdered wife of a former NYPD police officer could be used to convict her husband from beyond the grave, it emerged on Monday. Edwin Coello, 38, who has a record of allegedly abusing women, is on trial at Bronx Supreme Court, New York, accused of beating and strangling his estranged wife and dumping her body in the woods. Prosecutors say Coello, 41, flew into a violent rage after his wife, Tina Adovasio, 40, told him in text messages she wanted a divorce because she suspected him of cheating.
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Tina Adovasio, 40, exchanged angry texts with Edwin Coello before her death
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In one, she told him that if he wanted to 'live his life as a single guy’ he should 'take his s**t' and get out
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She accused him of cheating and demanded a divorce
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The former NYPD officer allegedly has a history of domestic violence
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