In a twist that should shock absolutely nobody, the author of an essay entitled How to Murder Your Husband has been given life in prison for aggravated jaywalking.
No, no, we’re kidding. She murdered her husband.
71-year-old self-published romance novelist Nancy Crampton Brophy (pictured, image captured from KPTV FOX 12 Oregon) was sentenced to life – with possible parole after 25 years – for the 2018 second-degree murder of 63-year-old Dan Brophy, with Oregon prosecutors successfully arguing she stood to gain from his life insurance payout.
The court heard that Ms Brophy owned the same make and model of gun that was used to kill her husband, and that she was seen on surveillance footage driving to and from the culinary institute where he was murdered – but the court didn’t hear her essay, published in 2011, with the judge ruling that it risked prejudicing the jury.
Ms Brophy is planning to appeal; there is, however, no word yet on whether she plans to write an essay about How to Win an Appeal for Murdering Your Husband.
