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Husband Who Pushed Wife Off Cliff On Anniversary Sentenced To Life

A husband lured his wife to the Rocky Mountain National Park on their 12th wedding anniversary and pushed her over a 130ft cliff after taking one last photo. Harold Henthorn from Denver, Colorado has been convicted of first-degree murder of his second wife by a federal jury and been sentenced to life in prison without parole. He is now suspected of the death of his first wife who also died in tragic circumstances. The Daily Mail reports: Harold Henthorn, 59, who was found guilty of murdering second wife Toni Henthorn in September, was given the mandatory sentence by U.S. District Judge R. Brooke Jackson on Tuesday. Dr Henthorn, who was 50, plummeted 130 feet to her death in a remote, rocky area of the park in September 2012. Harold Henthorn had taken her there to celebrate their 12th wedding anniversary. Prosecutors say he wanted to collect $4.7million in life insurance policies she didn’t know existed. Henthorn, who has a ten-year-old daughter with his late wife, has always maintained her death was an accident. Authorities continue to investigate the death of Henthorn’s first wife, Lynn, who was crushed when a car slipped off a jack when they were changing a flat [...]