By
Associated Press
A romance novelist who wrote an online essay titled
How to Murder Your Husband
was
sentenced
Monday to life in prison with the possibility of parole for murdering her husband at his Portland workplace four years ago. years.
Nancy Crampton Brophy, 71, was found guilty of second-degree murder on May 25 after a seven-week trial.
Her sentence Monday includes the possibility of parole after 25 years in custody, Oregon's NBC affiliate KGW-TV reported Monday.
Prosecutors say Crampton Brophy fatally shot 63-year-old Dan Brophy inside the now-closed Oregon Culinary Institute, where he worked, in 2018 because she could financially benefit from his life insurance payout.
The case garnered national attention due to the essay Crampton Brophy had written in 2011,
but the piece was not allowed into evidence at trial.
Nancy Crampton Brophy, left, accused of killing her husband Dan Brophy in June 2018, listens to her trial with the help of headphones in Portland, Ore., Tuesday, April 5, 2022.Dave Killen/AP
Prosecutors told jurors that the couple were experiencing financial difficulties at the time of the murder, claiming that she had researched and purchased a "ghost gun" kit online and later purchased a Glock 17 pistol at a fair. of weapons.
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Crampton Brophy's attorney argued that the state's evidence was circumstantial, refuted claims of financial problems, and presented witnesses who testified about the couple's strong and loving relationship.
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Brophy also took the stand, claiming that both she and her husband had purchased life insurance policies as part of their retirement planning and had a plan to reduce their debts.
He also said that his research on the ghost weapons was to prepare for a future novel.