Portland jury finds Nancy Crampton Brophy guilty of killing chef Daniel Brophy in June 2018
Highlights
- Nancy Crampton Brophy, 71, found guilty of second-degree murder of her husband.
- The self-published romance novelist wrote an essay titled How to Murder Your Husband.
- The essay detailed various options for committing an untraceable killing.
- It was written in the form of a brainstorming exercise for writers in 2011.
- Daniel Brophy was killed on 2 June 2018 as he prepared for work at the Oregon Culinary Institute in south-west Portland.
- Prosecutors said she bought a ‘ghost gun’ and swapped parts with shop-bought handgun.