Chef Accused in Wife's Murder Said He Slow-Cooked Body

LOS ANGELES (KTLA) -- A Los Angeles-area chef on trial in his wife's slaying told authorities the reason they couldn't find her body was because he slow-cooked it for days, then disposed of the remains. David Viens' wife, Dawn Viens, disappeared in October 2009. In March 2011, David Viens told sheriff's investigators why they hadn't been able to find the body of his wife, who'd been missing for nearly a year and half. "I just slowly cooked it and I ended up cooking her for four days," said Viens, a chef who ran a restaurant in Lomita, according to an interview played for jurors on Tuesday. Sgt. Richard Garcia asked Viens what happened the night of Oct. 18, the last time his wife was seen. "For some reason I just got violent," Viens said in the interview.

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