Uloma Walker-Curry and Cleveland Fire Fighter Lt. William Walker were newlyweds, married just four months before the husband was shot to death in front of their home as the wife was packing up to move into their new house.
The new wife was facing financial problems, being tens of thousands of dollars in debt at the time her husband was murdered, and her new husband's life insurance became more appealing to the woman then the man himself, according to CBSNews.
Walker-Curry turned to her 17-year-old daughter in 2013 to hatch a plan to collect the $100,000 by having Walker killed instead of spending happily-ever-after with him. The wife gave her a $1,000 down payment to her daughter's boyfriend at the time, Chad Padgett to make the murder happen.
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Walker never turned the insurance policy over to her name, instead, it was still left in his ex-wife's name, so the money went to her, and Walker-Curry ended up with murder charges for her husband's death instead.
The new wife's actions following her husbands death played a large role in her murder trial.
According to Cleveland.com, Assistant Cuyahoga County Prosecutor, Blaise Thomas, pointed to the moments following her husband's murder to show a wife who didn't care that her husband was laying on the ground covered in blood, dying in front of her, yet she never touched him.
The first emergency worker to arrive saw no traces of blood on the wife, showing she never touched, or attempted to help or console her bleeding husband who had just been shot. Thomas said:
"Is it reasonable to expect that a loving wife is going to be there cradling her fatally shot husband?"
Her 17-year-old daughter, testified against Walker-Curry at her at the trial, along with Padgett, Hein and Dorty as part of plea deal in Walker's murder.
Showing no emotion, the mother watched as her 17-year-old daughter testified against her in court, explaining her mom instructed Padgett to have her husband's wallet removed by the shooter his death make it appear to be a
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