he made her cry. he called her horrible names and always acted like he just despised her. when she came in to purchase gas, she had a black eye. the prosecutor painted a portrait of a man who had simply enough of his wife and envisioned a new life without her. with the insurance payments from juanita s death, tom could live debt-free, a much better prospect than a costly divorce. i do. fbi financial expert bill vos did the math for the jury. there was four different life insurance policy, life annuity types of policies. for a total of how much? roughly $243,000. and would that have been sufficient to retire the debt? they had a total debt of roughly $235,000. miss brophy, would you come forward, please. financially secure, she said, tom might then be able to pursue
i do. fbi financial expert bill vos did the math for the jury. there was four different life insurance policy, life annuity types of policies. for a total of how much? roughly $243,000. and would that have been sufficient to retire the debt? they had a total debt of roughly $235,000. miss brophy, would you come forward. financially secure, she said, tom might then be able to pursue that murky relationship with kelli brophy, who on the stand walked a narrow line between defending tom and helping the prosecution. did he indicate also that he wanted to take care of you? yes, i think that was brought up. and did you find that concept appealing? yes. she didn t want to testify at