PORTLAND, Ore -
A jury in Portland has convicted a self-published romance novelist - who as soon as wrote an essay titled “Tips on how to Homicide Your Husband” - of fatally taking pictures her husband 4 years in the past.
The jury of seven girls and 5 males discovered Nancy Crampton Brophy, 71, responsible of second-degree homicide Wednesday after deliberating over two days in chef Daniel Brophy's demise, KOIN-TV reported.
Brophy, 63, was killed June 2, 2018 as he prepped for work on the Oregon Culinary Institute in Southwest Portland.
Crampton Brophy displayed no seen response Wednesday contained in the crowded Multnomah County courtroom.
Lisa Maxfield, considered one of Crampton Brophy's attorneys, mentioned the protection group plans to enchantment.
Prosecutors advised jurors that Crampton Brophy was motivated by cash issues and a life insurance coverage coverage.
Crampton Brophy mentioned in the course of the trial, nonetheless, that she had no purpose to kill her husband and that their monetary issues had largely been solved by cashing in a piece 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 digicam footage driving to and from the culinary institute, court docket reveals and court docket testimony confirmed.
Police by no means discovered the gun that killed Brophy. Prosecutors alleged Crampton Brophy swapped out the barrel of the gun used within the taking pictures after which discarded the barrel.
Protection attorneys mentioned the gun elements have been inspiration for Crampton Brophy's writing and urged another person may need killed Brophy throughout a theft gone incorrect. Crampton Brophy testified in the course of the trial that her presence close to the culinary faculty on the day of her husband's demise was mere coincidence and that she had parked within the space to work on her writing.
Crampton Brophy's how-to treatise detailed numerous choices for committing an untraceable killing and professed a want to keep away from getting caught. Circuit Choose Christopher Ramras finally excluded the essay from the trial, noting it was printed in 2011. A prosecutor, nonetheless, alluded to the essay's themes with out naming it after Crampton Brophy took the stand in her personal protection.
Crampton Brophy has remained in custody since her arrest in September 2018, a number of months after her husband was shot. Her sentencing has been scheduled for June 13.
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