SAN DIEGO (AP) — Prosecutors said Tuesday they would not seek the death penalty for a woman accused of poisoning her Marine husband to cash out his military life insurance policy.
Cynthia Sommer, 32, is charged with murdering Sgt. Todd Sommer, 23, at their home at the Marine Corps Air Station Miramar in San Diego on Feb. 18, 2002.
His death was initially ruled a heart attack. Liver tests later found high levels of arsenic, according to court papers.
Cynthia Sommer pleaded not guilty in March. Superior Court Judge Peter C. Deddeh denied a defense motion to set bail for Sommer, who is scheduled for trial on Jan. 2.
Investigators testified at a hearing in July that she used money from the $250,000 life insurance policy to buy new clothes, eat out and have her breasts surgically enhanced.
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