
The journalist should have read: " to kill his wife " but perhaps confused by the nominalization of the verb overrides the grammatical difference ( until the death of his wife ). Hyperbolic phrase also serves as an effort to exaggerate end "work to death" "Walked to death," and applies to the expression of love, as in the lyrics of the song "Back To The Future":
Because I love you I love you and love you to death
fight for your love I will not let go.
death in Chota claimed an innocent life and there is no more than ask God to receive it in their arms and have mercy on the hapless husband.