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ATLANTA (AP) — Prosecutors said Tuesday they will seek the death penalty against a woman convicted of fatally poisoning her husband with antifreeze and accused of killing a boyfriend the same way.
Lynn Turner, 36, was indicted in October on a charge of malice murder in the 2001 death of her boyfriend, firefighter Randy Thompson.
In May, she was convicted in the 1995 murder of her husband, police officer Glenn Turner, and sentenced to life in prison.
Authorities allege life insurance was the motive in both cases.
"Certainly, this type of murder warrants" the death penalty, prosecutor Jack Mallard said.
A jury will still have the option of sentencing Turner to life in prison with or without parole. No trial date has been set.
Lynn Turner, a former 911 operator, judge's aide, sheriff's assistant and district attorney's secretary, has maintained her innocence. Her defense attorney, Jimmy Berry, did not immediately return calls Tuesday seeking comment.
It was not until a few months after Thompson died that police launched a criminal investigation into the deaths of both men. Testing on their bodies showed they were poisoned with ethylene glycol, the sweet, odorless chemical in antifreeze.
Turner is seeking a new trial in the case of her husband's death. A hearing on that issue was postponed until Feb. 15. | 
