Too Bizarre: Suspense Author Charged With Murder of Chef Husband
Novelist Who Penned 'How To Murder Your Husband' Essay Charged With Husband's Murder, NPR, Sept. 12, 2018.
How to get away with murder? Maybe don't write a blog post about getting away with murder.
Last week, police in Portland arrested 68-year-old Nancy Crampton-Brophy. She is charged with the murder of her 63-year-old husband, chef Daniel Brophy. At 8:30 a.m. on June 2, police and medics arrived at the Oregon Culinary Institute, after students and instructors arriving for class found Brophy suffering from a gunshot wound. The first-responders attempted to revive him but weren't successful. In a press conference that day, police said they were investigating the death as a homicide and that they had no immediate suspects.
Crampton-Brophy is a self-published author of romantic suspense novels, many featuring chiseled ex-Navy SEALs -- books with "rugged men, strong women and a good story," she touted on her website..."As a romantic suspense writer, I spend a lot of time thinking about murder and, consequently, about police procedure," the post read. "After all, if the murder is supposed to set me free, I certainly don't want to spend any time in jail. And let me say clearly for the record, I don't like jumpsuits and orange isn't my color."
The essay described a range of possible motives for murdering a husband, ranging from avoiding the financial hit of a divorce to infidelity by a "lying, cheating bastard," and even the possibility that the wife is a professional contract killer.
It also weighed the pros and cons of different methods: "Guns-- loud, messy, require some skill. Knives-- really personal and close up. Blood everywhere. Eww." She warned against committing a crime of passion: "Most of the time there is a trail that leads directly to you. Each type of murder leaves clues. A crime of passion does not look like a stranger was involved."
The couple had been married for 27 years, according to The Oregonian, and were reportedly inseparable. Brophy was a lead instructor at the culinary institute, where he was remembered as "the resident encyclopedia of knowledge" with "offbeat sense of humor and creative approach to teaching."...
More, https://www.npr.org/2018/09/12/647113406/novelist-who-penned-how-to-murder-your-husband-essay-charged-with-husband-s-murd
~ So foul. Maybe Leave, before this point?
