Jury reaches verdict in Brophy trial
The verdict marks the end of a trial that has made headlines in Portland for the past seven weeks.
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The verdict marks the end of a trial that has made headlines in Portland for the past seven weeks.
Nancy Brophy, 71, was convicted on Wednesday of second-degree murder for shooting dead her chef husband Daniel Brophy, 63, in June 2018 in a scheme to get his $1.4 million life insurance.
Nancy Brophy, a 71-year-old romance novelist, was accused in the shooting death of her husband. She said prosecutors had sketched a flawed plotline.
A US romance novelist who wrote an essay entitled "How To Murder Your Husband" has been convicted of killing her spouse.
Closing arguments began Monday in the trial of romance novelist Nancy Crampton Brophy. She is accused of killing her husband Daniel Brophy in 2018.