Prosecutor: Man Stood To Profit From $450,000 Life Insurance Policy
POSTED: 7:38 am EST November 10, 2010
UPDATED: 7:46 am EST November 10, 2010
WABASH, Ind. -- A jury has convicted a Wabash County man of murder in the death of his wife whose throat was crushed by a weight bar.
The Marion Chronicle-Tribune reported the jury deliberated eight hours before finding Scott Pattison of La Fontaine guilty in the July 2009 death of Lisa Pattison, 36.
Pattison told authorities he found his wife in their home about 40 miles southwest of Fort Wayne with a weight bar across her throat. A coroner ruled her death a homicide.
Wabash County Prosecutor William Hartley Jr. said the defendant was having an affair, going through a divorce and stood to profit from a $450,000 life insurance policy on his wife.
The defense argued Pattison and his wife were reconciling when she died.
A sentencing date was not set.
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