A jury in Portland has convicted a self-published romance novelist — who as soon as wrote an essay titled “How one can Homicide Your Husband” — of fatally capturing her husband 4 years in the past.
After deliberating over two days, the jury of seven girls and 5 males discovered Nancy Crampton Brophy, 71, responsible of second-degree homicide Wednesday within the demise of chef Daniel Brophy, KOIN-TV reported.
Daniel Brophy, 63, was killed June 2, 2018, as he ready for work on the Oregon Culinary Institute in southwest Portland.
Crampton Brophy displayed no seen response to the decision Wednesday contained in the crowded Multnomah County courtroom.
Lisa Maxfield, one in every of her attorneys, mentioned the protection staff plans to enchantment.
Prosecutors informed jurors that Crampton Brophy was motivated by cash issues and a life insurance coverage coverage.
Crampton Brophy contended throughout the trial that she had no purpose to kill her husband and that their monetary issues had largely been solved by cashing in a bit of Brophy’s retirement financial savings plan.
She owned the identical make and mannequin of gun used to kill her husband and was seen on surveillance digital camera video driving to and from the culinary institute, courtroom displays and testimony confirmed.
Police by no means discovered the gun that killed Brophy. Prosecutors alleged that Crampton Brophy swapped out the barrel of the gun used within the capturing after which discarded the barrel.
Protection attorneys mentioned the gun components have been inspiration for Crampton Brophy’s writing and prompt another person may need killed Brophy throughout a theft gone improper. Crampton Brophy testified throughout the trial that her presence close to the culinary college on the day of her husband’s demise was coincidence and that she had parked within the space to work on her writing.
Crampton Brophy’s how-to treatise detailed varied choices for committing an untraceable killing and professed a want to keep away from getting caught. Circuit Decide Christopher Ramras in the end excluded the essay from the trial, noting that it was printed in 2011. A prosecutor, nonetheless, alluded to the essay’s themes with out naming it after Crampton Brophy took the stand.
Crampton Brophy has remained in custody since her arrest in September 2018, a number of months after her husband was killed. Her sentencing has been scheduled for June 13.
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