the mercer county prosecutor s office declined our request for an interview, saying these issues would be addressed when jonathan nyce files his appeal. so what happened to michelle nyce on that bitter cold january night? for jonathan, it all circles back to the gardener. you ll have to ask enyo. we asked our panel of jurors what they thought of jonathan nyce s new claims. i think that these are fantasies that he s probably come up with to make himself feel more comfortable. because i think he did love michelle, and that when he has to face the fact that he killed her, he can t. and so he is his mind is doing everything it can to make it livable for him. if he s five to ten, he s going to be out in 3 1/2 years. why is he going through this appeal. it doesn t make any accepts to me. it just doesn t fit with what we were shown. it doesn t make sense. author john glatt.
darker side of jonathan nyce. your husband brutally beats you to death by smashing your skull into a concrete floor. in her opening statement, prosecutor doris galuchi cut right to the quick of the case. when you re mrs. jonathan nyce, you pay for your extramarital indiscretions with your life. we had to start with what this case wasn t about, and we felt that our mission was really to explain to the jury that this case was not about michelle nyce having an affair. the case was about her husband, who brutally beat and killed her. jonathan nyce broke down as his recorded confession was played for the jury. i know i pushed her to the ground. i was more just trying to control her, so that i could be a loving influence on her more than anything else. in his taped statement to police, jonathan nyce admitted he pounded his wife s head into the floor to get control of her. but if i pushed too hard and