A romance novelist… who once wrote an essay titled “How to Murder Your Husband” has been found guilty of… murdering her husband.
Prosecutors say 71-year-old Nancy Crampton Brophy shot and killed her husband, using an untraceable ‘ghost gun’ made from parts she purchased online. She then collected a $1.8 million life insurance policy in his name. Brophy said the gun purchases were done as ‘research’ for a novel she was working on.
Brophy self-published romance novels with titles like The Wrong Husband and The Wrong Lover, and in 2011 wrote a blog post titled ‘How To Murder Your Husband’ where she discussed various murder tactics such as poison, knives, guns, or hiring a hitman.
She’ll be sentenced June 13th…
Prosecutors drilled down into the amnesia defense, missing gun barrel and the emotional temperament of Nancy Crampton Brophy as the Oregon romance writer’s trial in the killing of her chef husband reached a crescendo Tuesday.
— The Oregonian (@Oregonian) May 18, 2022
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