Bessemer man charged in wife's death

BESSEMER, MI--   A 50-year-old Bessemer man is charged in the disappearance and slaying of his 79-year-old wife, who was declared missing August 3. 

Kenneth Peters was arraigned Thursday in Gogebic County District Court on first-degree and second-degree murder charges and second-degree vulnerable adult abuse. 

Sheriff's officials and Michigan State Police arrested him Wednesday night.

The body of Ethel Grzena-Peters was found August 13 in Watersmeet Township.

Peters was ordered held without bond in the Gogebic County Jail.  A preliminary hearing is scheduled for August 31.