Nation IN BRIEF : MASSACHUSETTS : Romantic Motive Reported in Slaying

Charles Stuart Jr. bought a $250 brooch last week and was repeatedly called by a woman while he was hospitalized, leading investigators to suspect a romantic motive for him to kill his pregnant wife, wound himself and blame the attack on a mugger, the Boston Globe reported Sunday. Boston police have questioned a woman who worked with Stuart at Edward F. Kakas & Sons, a fur shop where he was the manager, the Globe said. Stuart jumped to his death from a Boston Harbor bridge after becoming a suspect in his wife’s slaying.