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News.com.au
2 days ago
- News.com.au
Nurse who allegedly poisoned husband to be with killer is jailed
A prison nurse who fatally poisoned her husband after falling in love with a convicted killer learned this week she'll be spending the next 12 years behind bars. Amy Murray, 47, accepted a deal from prosecutors in Alford, US, entering a plea to murder, arson and tampering with evidence charges on June 25, according to court records. In Alford, when a defendant pleads they accept a conviction but maintain their innocence, The New York Post reported. A judge sentenced Missouri nurse Murray to 12 years on the murder charge along with seven years for the arson and four years for tampering with evidence. All of the sentences will run concurrently. Murray killed her husband, 37-year-old Joshua, in late 2018. He was found dead in the smouldering remnants of a house fire his wife had set. Authorities learned Joshua's blood contained elevated amounts of antifreeze, and three months after his death, arrested his wife, according to an affidavit. Murray, the couple's child and their two dogs had left their home in Iberia just 30 minutes prior to the start of the fire. Investigators soon learned Murray had frequent contact with a prisoner named Eugene Claypool. Murray worked as a nurse at the Jefferson City Correctional Center, where Claypool's serving 25 years to life for murder, the affidavit said. In recorded calls, Murray told Claypool she was tired of her marriage. After her husband's death, Murray told the inmate they could get married now that Joshua was 'out of the picture'.
Miami Herald
5 days ago
- Miami Herald
Wife wanted husband ‘out of the picture,' then poisoned him to death, MO cops say
A woman accused of poisoning her husband to death so she could marry a convicted murderer has now been sentenced to prison, according to Missouri court records and news reports. The sentencing of Amy Murray, 47, comes nearly seven years after her husband was found dead in their Iberia home that had caught fire, KRCG reported, citing first responders. But as local authorities investigated Josh Murray's Dec. 11, 2018, death, they determined he had been killed before the blaze, according to the Lake Expo. An autopsy revealed the husband was poisoned with antifreeze, and his wife was revealed as a suspect in his death, the publication reported. Investigators said the fire was intentionally started. McClatchy News reached out to an attorney representing Amy Murray but did not immediately receive a response. A motive came by the way of Amy Murray's alleged relationship with convicted murderer Eugene Claypool, who was jailed in a prison where she worked as a nurse, KOMU reported. Claypool had been convicted of a Christmas Day killing of a disabled man who had won $1.7 million in the Missouri Lottery, according to the Associated Press and previous McClatchy News reporting. Amy Murray was heard in a recorded conversation with Claypool talking about how she wanted a divorce from her husband so she could marry the inmate, according to a court filing obtained by KRCG. She reportedly spoke about wanting her husband dead and 'out of the picture.' After the house fire, Amy Murray told investigators she returned home from McDonald's with her son and dogs to find their home ablaze, according to KY3 reporting. She said she was unable to get inside the home. However, a McDonald's sandwich was found on the kitchen counter, investigators said, KY3 reported. Amy Murray was arrested in February 2019 and charged with murder and arson in her husband's death, KOLR reported. On June 25, she accepted an Alford plea for charges of second-degree murder, second-degree arson and tampering with physical evidence, court records show. In an Alford plea, Amy Murray pleads guilty while maintaining her innocence, court records show. The plea allows her for a reduced sentence. She was sentenced to a 12-year prison sentence, records show. Josh Murray was a father to his son, Braden, and worked as a supervisor for Perini Construction, according to his obituary. Iberia is about a 145-mile drive southwest from St. Louis.
