'How to murder your husband' writer on trial for murder of husband

[DOBIEMKZ]

'How to murder your husband' writer on trial for murder of husband. 🤨

https://www.straitstimes.com/world/united-states/how-to-murder-your-husband-writer-on-trial-for-murder-of-husband

Nancy Crampton Brophy stands accused of shooting Daniel Brophy, using a gun whose now-missing barrel she bought on eBay. PHOTO: GOODREADS.COM

LOS ANGELES (AFP) - A writer who penned a piece titled "How To Murder Your Husband" is on trial in the United States for...killing her husband.

It is a case that has all the hallmarks of classic detective fiction - a huge insurance payout, an impecunious suspect who claims to have amnesia, a missing weapon, and surveillance footage that seems to have caught the culprit red-handed.

But for novelist Nancy Crampton Brophy, it's not the plot of her latest book; it's real life in an Oregon court room.

Crampton Brophy, whose "Wrong Never Felt So Right" series of novels include "The Wrong Husband" and "The Wrong Lover", stands accused of shooting Daniel Brophy, using a gun whose now-missing barrel she bought on eBay.

Prosecutors say the 71-year-old writer was struggling to make payments on her mortgage, but kept up multiple life assurance policies that would pay out a total of US$1.4 million (S$1.94 million) in the event of her husband's demise.

"I do better with Dan alive financially than I do with Dan dead," she said as she took the stand in Portland this week, The Oregonian newspaper reported.

"Where is the motivation I would ask you? An editor would laugh and say, 'I think you need to work harder on this story, you have a big hole in it.'"

Prosecutor Shawn Overstreet said security camera footage had captured Crampton Brophy's minivan outside the Oregon Culinary Institute on June 2, 2018 at almost exactly the time her chef husband was killed in one of the school's classrooms.

"You were there at the same time that someone happens to be shooting your husband....with the exact type of gun that you own and which is now mysteriously missing," he said.

Crampton Brophy told the court she has no memory of being there, though acknowledges she must have been, insisting the CCTV images show her in the area because she was driving around getting inspiration for a story.

"This is not a man I would have shot because I had a memory issue. It seems to me if I had shot him, I would know every detail."

Daniel Brophy, 63, was found dead that morning by students readying for a class. He had been shot twice.

Investigators say the barrel from the Glock handgun used in the slaying was purchased by the suspect on eBay.

That barrel - which would contain damning forensic clues - has never been recovered, despite an exhaustive police search.

Crampton Brophy admits having bought a Glock pistol, which she says was for her husband to protect himself when he went mushroom hunting in the woods, but says the missing barrel was purchased as part of research for an unfinished novel.

"There was a big separation between what was for writing and what was for protection," she told the court, The Oregonian reported.

Prosecutors say Crampton Brophy, whose "How To Murder Your Husband" remains accessible online and whose books can be bought on Amazon, was facing financial ruin before her husband's death, but continued to pay into 10 separate life insurance policies.

The blog on murdering a husband discusses methods and motivations for dispatching an unwanted spouse. These include financial gain and the use of a firearm, although it notes guns are "loud, messy, require some skill".

"But the thing I know about murder is that every one of us have it in him/her when pushed far enough," the essay says.

The trial, which began in early April, is ongoing.

[1fast1]

Juicy. If this were an episode of Matlock, Boston Legal or The Practice, she might be acquitted. But this is the real world, and she's probably going down. 

Then again, OJ happened. He wrote the book after the deed, though. 😁

[Carbon82]

Strange as it may be, but when I saw the header, @Jamesccame into the picture...

'How to murder your MIL' 

[BanCoe]

2 hours ago, Carbon82 said:

Strange as it may be, but when I saw the header, @Jamesccame into the picture...

'How to murder your MIL' 

Same tot crossed my mind ….. but you fastest trigger typo mah 🤣🤣

[Jamesc]

2 hours ago, Carbon82 said:

Strange as it may be, but when I saw the header, @Jamesccame into the picture...

'How to murder your MIL' 

I would never do that!!!

I am in Bkk now trying to sell her at the market.

[BanCoe]

6 minutes ago, Jamesc said:

I would never do that!!!

I am in Bkk now trying to sell her at the market.

try chatuchak market 

[Wildfaye29]

56 minutes ago, Jamesc said:

I would never do that!!!

I am in Bkk now trying to sell her at the market.

is that old thing even worth any money at all???

[Fitvip]

9 minutes ago, Wildfaye29 said:

is that old thing even worth any money at all???

老是宝。

 

[Jamesc]

4 hours ago, Wildfaye29 said:

is that old thing even worth any money at all???

Endangered species OK.

She is very valuable.

[Atonchia]

8 hours ago, BanCoe said:

try chatuchak market 

Please lah. 🤣

That's to pick a bargain.

I think SOI Cowboy is more appropriate.

[BanCoe]

5 hours ago, Atonchia said:

Please lah. 🤣

That's to pick a bargain.

I think SOI Cowboy is more appropriate.

He will let go at bargain basement Lelong prx 🤣🤣

[kobayashiGT]

18 hours ago, Carbon82 said:

Strange as it may be, but when I saw the header, @Jamesccame into the picture...

'How to murder your MIL' 

Aye! that's the first thing that cross my mind too! hahahahahah

[Carbon82]

When 1 said it, he/she may be the odd one out. When 2 said the same thing, it may be coincidence, but when 3 or more said the same, @Jamesc ah Jamesc, you better don't do anything wrong, else @kobayashiGT and the whole MCF team will be very boh eng, having to dig out everything post you have made, suggesting how you are going to **** your MIL.

 

[kobayashiGT]

33 minutes ago, Carbon82 said:

When 1 said it, he/she may be the odd one out. When 2 said the same thing, it may be coincidence, but when 3 or more said the same, @Jamesc ah Jamesc, you better don't do anything wrong, else @kobayashiGT and the whole MCF team will be very boh eng, having to dig out everything post you have made, suggesting how you are going to **** your MIL.

 

Don't worry bro. Anything, i will delete the post for @Jamesc He is valuable here! hahahahah

[Maxus-MIFA9]

19 minutes ago, kobayashiGT said:

Don't worry bro. Anything, i will delete the post for @Jamesc He is valuable here! hahahahah

Hmmmmm............ so you the accomplish 

How much @Jamesc offer you to be his alibi.... 

[BanCoe]

1 hour ago, Picnic06-Biante15 said:

Hmmmmm............ so you the accomplish 

How much @Jamesc offer you to be his alibi.... 

Seems in MCF all roads, I mean threads  lead to @Jamesc .....what a great Empire or Vampire 

[kobayashiGT]

2 hours ago, Picnic06-Biante15 said:

Hmmmmm............ so you the accomplish 

How much @Jamesc offer you to be his alibi.... 

Hahahahahaha. You all wanna see him go in meh. no internet usage one leh.

How he talk here. 😂

[Jamesc]

On 5/20/2022 at 9:04 AM, Picnic06-Biante15 said:

Hmmmmm............ so you the accomplish 

How much @Jamesc offer you to be his alibi....