Man Found Guilty of Killing Wife with Antifreeze

[Adept Havelock]

Could this be one of our missing Planeteers?

Keown Found Guilty of Killing Wife with Antifreeze

Last Edited: Wednesday, 02 Jul 2008, 1:28 PM EDT
Created: Wednesday, 02 Jul 2008, 1:28 PM EDT
James Keown

A former Missouri radio reporter has been found guilty of killing his wife by poisoning her with antifreeze.

A jury in Middlesex Superior Court convicted James Keown of first-degree murder Wednesday. They deliberated less than two days.

Keown faces an automatic sentence of life in prison without parole.

Prosecutors said Keown was deeply in debt and killed his 31-year-old wife, Julie, in hopes of cashing in her $250,000 life insurance policy. Julie Keown died in September 2004 of a lethal dose of ethylene glycol, a chemical found in antifreeze.

Authorities said James Keown spiked his wife's Gatorade with antifreeze while the couple lived in Waltham. After the killing, Keown returned to Missouri, where he worked at a radio station.

Keown's lawyer told the jury Julie Keown could have committed suicide or accidentally ingested the chemical.

http://www.myfoxboston.com/myfox/pages/News/Detail?contentId=6898071&version=1&locale=EN-US&layoutCode=TSTY&pageId=3.2.1

[SPchief]

Was it Grape Gatorade?

[KCChiefsMan]

I got $500 in casino cash that says it's a Chiefsplanet member. From Missouri? ya, definately.

But, that is some pretty f*cked up stuff. Killing your wife in hopes to get paid, horrible. Reading these stories pisses me off

[kstater]

I guess we figured out what happened to Chagrin.

[siberian khatru]

Will we all be indicted as accomplices?

[teedubya]

We will miss you, Mr. Blond.

[Adept Havelock]

Will we all be indicted as accomplices?

It's possible. Contact a lawyer, just to be sure.

[CoMoChief]

It's probably Blue Frost. It looks the same at least.

[Joie]

It's possible. Contact a lawyer, just to be sure.

Can we get some kind of group rate?

Wonder if it'll be like the trial they ended Seinfeld with.....where witnesses are lined up seemingly forever

[Adept Havelock]

Can we get some kind of group rate?

Wonder if it'll be like the trial they ended Seinfeld with.....where witnesses are lined up seemingly forever

I think banyon is working as a prosecutor...do we have any defense attorneys?

Preferably willing to work pro bono?

[chiefscraze]

I am telling you he is innocent...he's done nothing wrong.

[Joie]

I think banyon is working as a prosecutor...do we have any defense attorneys?

Preferably willing to work pro bono?

I'd do it, but I don't have my law degree. And I sure as hell wouldn't work for free.

[Mr. Flopnuts]

I guess we figured out what happened to Chagrin.

He's been here long since 2004. It had to be Mr. Blond. He knew he was had and said goodbye forever. He knew what he was talking about too.................

[FAX]

Is death by antifreeze painful? If so, I might prefer death by window washing fluid.

FAX

[Mr. Flopnuts]

We will miss you, Mr. Blond.

Damn it. You beat me too it.

[Joie]

Is death by antifreeze painful? If so, I might prefer death by window washing fluid.

FAX

There's always death by brake fluid, too, Mr. FAX.

[blueballs]

If some overtaned bottle blonde dies by a antifreeze douche
he should get the neddle

[Adept Havelock]

Is death by antifreeze painful? If so, I might prefer death by window washing fluid.

FAX

I'd assume so. I remember sitting in the Vet's office with one of the felines when a guy brought in a dog. Apparently, it had gotten into some the night before and he let it suffer overnight and then brought it in that morning because it "wasn't getting any better and his kid was hassling his mom about it". I wanted to feed the man some antifreeze right there to see if it helped cure his ignorance. :shake:

It takes a great deal to enrage me, but that pretty much did it.

[FAX]

I'd assume so. I remember sitting in the Vet's office with one of the felines when a guy brought in a dog. Apparently, it had gotten into some the night before and he let it suffer overnight and then brought it in that morning because it "wasn't getting any better and his kid was hassling his mom about it". I wanted to feed the man some antifreeze right there to see if it helped cure his ignorance. :shake:

It takes a great deal to enrage me, but that pretty much did it.

Wow. That's terrible, Mr. Adept Havelock. The sheer stupidity of some people never fails to amaze me. It is, apparently, boundless.

FAX

[Adept Havelock]

Wow. That's terrible, Mr. Adept Havelock. The sheer stupidity of some people never fails to amaze me. It is, apparently, boundless.

FAX

Sad, but true.

[FAX]

Sad, but true.

I mean, it's limitless. Completely.

For example, I knew a kid in high school who was rushed to the hospital after attempting to make a bomb by tamping gunpower into a mason jar with a hammer and a railroad spike. According to the rumors at the time, they were picking glass out of his stomach for several hours.

FAX