Is the accused killer romance writer destined for an unfortunate ending?

Police officers theorized that the author was seeking her husband’s insurance

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For Nancy Crumpton Brophy, a romantic novelist and accused of being a murderer, the ending of a fairy tale is unlikely.

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An Oregon jury is currently discussing the fate of a passionate pen-wielding writer.

Crumpton Brophy, 68, has been accused of shooting and killing chef’s husband, Daniel Brophy, 63, at the Oregon Culinary Institute in Portland in June 2018. He was shot from behind.

Police officers theorized that the author was seeking her husband’s insurance.Some of her circumstantial evidence was called her blogside project. How to kill your husband..

Surveillance video captured Crumpton Brophy’s van near the Culinary Institute on the morning of the murder. She admitted that she was in the area when her husband was murdered, but she maintains her innocence.

She said that much of the circumstantial evidence is “investigation” of this project in the future.

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The laundry list of friends, relatives and doctors testify. A prisoner who was in a cage with her writer testified that she slipped when her husband told her how she was killed.

When her husband died, she stood to collect “very large” life insurance claims.

“Nancy is guilty of murdering her husband and it’s up to you to provide justice to chef Dan Brophy and the rest of the Brophy family,” said prosecutor Sean Overstreet.

When it comes to defense, they argued that the romance writer loved too much to kill her husband and the pair had no financial pain.

“The love that Nancy and Dan had with each other wasn’t just a possibility, it was the most proven fact in the trial,” said Kristen Weinmiller, a defense lawyer.

A common theme for Crampton Brophy’s bodice slippers was starless love.Some of the titles she wrote Wrong seal, wrong husband, wrong lover, wrong policeman, wrong hero And enthusiastically titled, Wrong brother..

The judge told the jury to convict the vote, which must be unanimous.

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