According to a prosecutor, the Oregon love novelist, who is the author of How to Kill Her Husband, is accused of killing her husband in real life, who allegedly slipped and admitted to shooting by mistake. .
According to Sean Overstreet Senior Deputy District Attorney, Nancy Crampton Brophy, 71, who is accused of killing her husband, said she went into detail about the shooting of a prisoner she lives with, according to Oregon Live.
Nancy Crampton Brophy is said to have killed her husband, Daniel Brophy, 63, on June 2, 2018.
She is alleged to have committed the murder due to impending financial problems and needed $ 1.5 million in insurance, according to authorities. According to police, Nancy Crampton Brophy shot Daniel Brophy in the back and then while he was on the floor.
Nancy Crampton Brophy accidentally commented on his cellmate, according to Overstreet, who said the roommate should testify after Nancy Crampton Brophy’s lawyers presented their case.
In this screenshot from a video of her trial, writer Nancy Crampton Brophy appears in the Multnoma County District Court in Portland, Oregon, on September 6, 2018 on a charge of murder with a firearm that constituted domestic violence in June of her husband Daniel Brophy.AP
Overstreet repeated the alleged conversation between Nancy Crampton Brophy and the cellmate in court.
“Miss. Brophy held her hands, flapping her wings, and said, ‘I was so far away when the shooting happened,'” Overstreet said.
Nancy Crampton Brophy then recovered, Overstreet said, adding that the shooting took place at close range.
The inmate, Andrea Jacobs, told detectives that Nancy Crampton Brophy seemed embarrassed after the comment and said their relationship had become “very uncomfortable”.
Witness Kathleen Dooley testified during the murder trial of Nancy Crampton Brophy, seen on the far left with lawyers. Dave Keelan / The Oregon via AP, Pool
“Miss. Jacobs said it was very uncomfortable,” Overstreet said.
The defense said in introductory statements at the trial that Nancy Crampton Brophy was at Starbucks when the shooting took place, and also presented messages between partners that were used in an attempt to show they were on good terms.
Audrey Conklin of Fox News contributed to this report.
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