No prizes for who she's accused of murdering...
A US novelist has been arrested for allegedly fatally shooting her husband, six years after she published a blog titled: How to Murder Your Husband.
Nancy Crampton-Brophy, 68, is accused of shooting her husband Daniel Brophy, in the kitchen area of the Oregon Culinary Institute in Portland, where he worked on June 2nd of this year.
Crampton-Brophy was a renowned novelist and wrote romance and mystery novels including The Wrong Husband and The Wrong Lover.
In 2011, Crampton-Brophy wrote a blog post called How to Murder Your Husband. According to The Oregonian, she said: "As a romantic suspense writer, I spend a lot of time thinking about murder and, consequently, about police procedure.
"After all, if the murder is supposed to set me free, I certainly don't want to spend any time in jail."
In the post, Crampton-Brophy explains motives someone would have for killing their spouse:
"Divorce is expensive, and do you really want to split your possessions? Or if you married for money, aren't you entitled to all of it?
"The drawback [sic] is the police aren't stupid. They are looking at your first. So you have to be organized, ruthless, and very clever.
"Husbands have disappeared from cruise ships before. Why not yours?"
Crampton-Brophy posted this message to Facebook the day after her Husband's murderCrampton-Brophy was arrested last Wednesday at her home accused of murder and use of an unlawful firearm.
At a vigil outside the culinary school where Daniel taught, Crampton-Brophy had mourned her husband, saying, "Daniel was one of the few people I've ever known who did exactly what he wanted in life and loved doing it.
"He was a person who did what he loved: he loved teaching, he loved mushrooms, he loved his family."
Nancy Crampton-Brophy is yet to face trial.
