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Prosecutors said Mr. Perez-Olivo shot his wife, Peggy, 55, in the back of the head as she dozed in their car during a drive to their home in Chappaqua, N.Y., on Nov. 18, 2006. At the time, the couple lived three houses down from Bill and Hillary Rodham Clinton.
Prosecutors said Mr. Perez-Olivo wanted to collect the benefits of his wife’s life insurance policy, which totaled nearly $900,000. The prosecution presented a witness who testified that he had seen Mr. Perez-Olivo handling a gun just like one fished from Echo Lake.
Atlanta attorney convicted of killing wife, influencing witnesses. Prosecutors said Claud "Tex" McIver coveted his wife's money when he shot her in the back of their car in September 2016.
A short while later, McIver fired the gun, hitting his wife in the back. Carter drove to Emory University Hospital, where Diane McIver died.
25, 2016, as the three returned from a weekend at the McIvers' horse farm in Putnam County, about 75 miles east of Atlanta.
No one has disputed that he shot his wife in 2016, but the defense had said the shooting was an accident. Defense attorneys also said at trial that McIver loved his wife dearly and the shooting was a tragic accident. Tex McIver and wife Diane are seen in this undated photo. (Fox 5 Atlanta)
Prosecutors allege that Perry March killed his 33-year-old wife in a rage in 1996 and buried her body in a shallow grave near their West Tennessee home after she told him of her plans to seek a divorce.
In the defense opening statement Wednesday, defense attorney William Massey urged jurors to weigh Col. March's credibility against his plea agreement, which spared him a potential 20-year sentence. Instead, he received 18 months with three years of supervised parole.
Col. March also described a murder-for-hire plot against Janet March's parents that he and his son hatched with the help of a jail inmate who was housed with Perry March while he was in custody.
A former California attorney has been found guilty of murdering his ex-wife during a 2006 Mediterranean cruise and throwing her body overboard — and now he’s awaiting trial for trying to order a hit on another ex-wife.
Former lawyer convicted of murdering ex-wife on cruise, tossing her overboard. A former California attorney has been found guilty of murdering his ex-wife during a 2006 Mediterranean cruise and throwing her body overboard — and now he’s awaiting trial for trying to order a hit on another ex-wife. Lonnie Loren Kocontes, 62, was convicted Monday ...
Kocontes is also awaiting trial on a charge of attempting to solicit the murder of Nguyen, who Price said lied to a federal grand jury on Kocontes’ behalf. He allegedly tried to pay fellow inmates to kill Nguyen in an effort to stop her from testifying in his trial, according to the Orange County Register.