In the months before he murdered his wife, Martin Joseph MacNeill told family, his church and friends in Pleasant Grove, Utah, that he was dying from cancer. Just before her death in 2007, MacNeill convinced the former beauty queen to undergo plastic surgery. When she returned home, he drugged her and left her to die in a bathtub, where she was found by their 6-year-old daughter Ada, authorities said. Prison officials said in a statement that MacNeill’s death is being investigated, though there were “no obvious signs of foul play.” His first parole hearing had been scheduled for 2052. But it wasn’t until 2012 — five years after his wife’s death — that MacNeill was charged with her murder.

Source: National Post April 10, 2017 15:11 UTC