Drug combination leading to sedation and heart arrhythmia resulting in cardiac death
Convicted
Martin MacNeill
Verdict
Guilty
Convictions
First-degree murder, 15 years to life
Obstruction of justice, one to 15 years
Sexual abuse, against the MacNeills' daughter, Alexis, one to 15 years with murder and obstruction sentences consecutive to this sentence for a minimum total of 17 years
Other conviction:
Identity theft, against the MacNeills' adopted daughter, Giselle, four years, released before above convictions
Michele Marie MacNeill, née Somers, (January 15, 1957 – April 11, 2007) was an American homemaker and model. Michele was married for nearly 30 years to the physician Martin MacNeill and was the mother of eight children. She died in Pleasant Grove, Utah, on April 11, 2007, while at home recovering from cosmetic surgery performed eight days earlier. At her husband's request, the operating surgeon prescribed four medicines for her recovery; two of the drugs, Diazepam and Oxycodone, would not normally be prescribed to his patients.
Michele had been concerned during her recovery that Martin was having an affair and that she had been given medication by him inappropriately. Her daughter Alexis, a medical student at that time, then took responsibility for giving Michele her medicine. Michele recovered sufficiently for Alexis to return to school but Michele died the following day. Initially, police and autopsy reports concluded that Michele died of cardiovascular disease, but after being pressed to review the toxicology report, the state's chief medical examiner found that the combination of medicines in her body could have contributed to cardiac death.
During the trial, which began on October 17, 2013, Chief Prosecutor Chad Grunander stated, "It was an almost perfect murder, [MacNeill] pumped her full of drugs that he knew would be difficult to detect once she was dead."[1] Martin MacNeill was convicted of Michele's murder and obstruction of justice in a widely publicized case involving marital infidelity, sexual abuse, and outward religious devotion.[2]
Martin MacNeill was sentenced to 17 years to life. He committed suicide in prison in April 2017.[3]
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