A Florida woman was sentenced to life without parole for her role the murder of her first husband by her lover 18 years ago.
Denise Williams, was convicted of first-degree murder, conspiracy to commit first-degree murder.
Prosecutors said Williams planned the killing of her husband, Michael Williams, along with Brian Winchester, who later admitted shooting the man.
Michael Williams was reported missing in December 2000 after he went duck hunting on Lake Seminole with Winchester. Investigators theorized that he had been eaten by alligators.
Denise Williams sought to have him declared dead so she and Winchester whom she later married and divorced — could collect on three insurance policies worth about $1.75 million.
Michael Williams body was discovered in October 2017 buried in mud near a lake north of the state capital of Tallahassee. He had been killed by a shotgun blast.
In the meantime, Winchester and Denise Williams had married. But Williams filed for divorce in 2015, and in August 2016, she accused Winchester of kidnapping her. Winchester pleaded no contest to kidnapping and was sentenced to 20 years.
It later emerged that Winchester had struck a plea agreement in exchange for immunity in connection with Michael Williams' death.
Did any one expected a different outcome?
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