SAN DIEGO (AP) — A woman accused of fatally poisoning her Marine husband and using money from his life insurance policy to shop, party and get her breasts enlarged will face trial on murder charges, a judge ruled Tuesday.
Cynthia Sommer, 32, pleaded not guilty in March to killing her husband, 23-year-old Sgt. Todd Sommer, for financial gain.
Prosecutor Laura Gunn said Cynthia Sommer dosed her husband with arsenic to cash in on the $250,000 life insurance policy provided to all enlisted troops.
According to court documents, she enrolled with an online dating service days before Todd Sommer exhibited symptoms of poisoning. Witnesses said she used life insurance proceeds to pay for breast enhancement surgery that was scheduled before her husband died on Feb. 18, 2002.
Prosecutors haven't decided whether to seek a death penalty trial. Cynthia Sommer remains in custody without bond and is scheduled for arraignment in early August.
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