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The wife of a man who tried to fake his death to avoid prosecution listened Thursday as her lawyer and prosecutors debated criminal liability for her part in the ruse.

Also at issue in Miller County Circuit Court is whether a written statement she reportedly gave investigators following her arrest is admissible in court.

Tyra Nicole Cook, 23, is scheduled to be tried in June on a charge of hindering apprehension for allegedly helping to keep the whereabouts of her husband, Jody Cook, from law enforcement. Jody Cook, 32, was facing rape and theft charges when he pretende...