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Wife convicted of poisoning Marine

By ALLISON HOFFMAN, Associated Press Writer 13 minutes ago

A woman was convicted Monday of murdering her Marine husband with arsenic so she could cash in on his $250,000 life insurance policy, some of which she used to have her breasts enlarged.
Prosecutors argued that Cynthia Sommer, 33, wanted a more luxurious lifestyle than she could afford on her 23-year-old husband's $1,700 monthly salary and saw his military life insurance policy as a way to "set herself free."
In addition to the breast enlargement surgery, Sommer's friends and co-workers testified, she threw wild parties and had casual sex with multiple partners in the weeks after her husband's death and the payment of the insurance policy.
Sgt. Todd Sommer was in top condition when he collapsed and died on Feb. 18, 2002, at the couple's home on the Marine Corps' Miramar base in San Diego.



http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070130/...s/marine_widow

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Posted by: USMCMP5811





From the looks of her, Looks more like she spent the money on a lopitoffofme......

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Posted by: kttref

Yeah she's busted. Broad had 3 kids from a previous marriage...this guy was a Saint compared to her...poor guy. I feel for his family. She's a whore.

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Posted by: US706

Quote:

She's a whore.

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Posted by: kwflatbed

Saturday, December 01, 2007



AP


SAN DIEGO — A judge ordered a new trial Friday for a woman who was convicted of poisoning her Marine husband with arsenic and then using his life insurance to pay for breast implants.
The judge found that Cynthia Sommer, 34, received ineffective representation from her former defense attorney. San Diego Superior Court Judge Peter Deddeh said the lawyer's errors allowed prosecutors to introduce evidence about Sommer's wild partying immediately after the sudden death of her 23-year-old husband.
Sommer's former attorney, Robert Udell, told the judge that he committed tactical errors, including a failure to call witnesses to adequately refute prosecutors' theories about the source of the arsenic.
Deddeh said Udell's choices undermined his confidence in the verdict.
Udell did not respond immediately to a telephone message after the ruling.
Sommer, who remains in custody without bail, was convicted in January of first-degree murder by poisoning and for financial gain. She faced a mandatory sentence of life in prison without the possibility of parole if Deddeh had denied the retrial.
Her current attorney, Allen Bloom, said he plans to request bail conditions at a hearing set for Dec. 12 in San Diego.
Sgt. Todd Sommer was in top condition when he collapsed and died Feb. 18, 2002 at the couple's home on the Marine Corps' Miramar base in San Diego after a family trip to the Knott's Berry Farm amusement park. His death was initially ruled a heart attack. Tests of his liver later found levels of arsenic 1,020 times above normal.
Sommer's co-workers testified during the trial that the widow didn't grieve quietly in the weeks after her husband's death. Rather than going into seclusion, she got her breasts enlarged and, witnesses said, joined wet T-shirt contests at nightclubs and had casual sex with other military men.
Prosecutors said Sommer wanted a more luxurious lifestyle than she could afford on the $1,700 monthly salary her husband brought home and saw the $250,000 military life insurance policy as a way to "set herself free."
The case turned on circumstantial evidence of Sommer's financial debt and later spending sprees to show that she had a motive to kill her husband.
Sommer's in-laws testified that she objected when they asked her to put her husband's death benefit in trust for herself, their baby and her three children from a previous marriage instead of spending it right away.
Sommer, who moved to Florida after the death, cried when called to the stand Jan. 17, dabbing her eyes as she recounted her husband's final moments. But she also said during cross-examination that she hadn't been able to envision a future with the Marine. The pair married in 1999.


http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,314432,00.html

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Posted by: kwflatbed

Prosecutors Drop Murder Charges Against Marine Widow




SAN DIEGO — Prosecutors in San Diego say they are dropping all charges against a woman accused of killing her Marine husband after new tests showed no traces of poison.

The San Diego County District Attorney's office asked a Superior Court judge Thursday to dismiss murder charges against Cynthia Sommer.
Sommer was granted a new trial after her conviction in January 2007 of first-degree murder. A judge ruled in November that she had received ineffective representation from her former defense attorney. She has remained in custody.
At her trial, prosecutors argued that Sommer used her husband's life insurance to pay for breast implants and pursue a more luxurious lifestyle.

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,351657,00.html

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Posted by: USMCMP5811

OK, Guess i jumped the gun on this one. But i got to say, she looks better now than she did a year and a half ago.

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