Woman Arranges Murder of Husband to Cash In on Non-Existent LI Policy

Raelynne Simonin, 25, has plead no contest to the chargethat she murdered her husband.

Prosecutors allege Simonin had arranged for three men tobeat and then fatally shoot her husband, Jack Vincent Purselley, who had toldher that she was the beneficiary of a $1 million life insurance policy.

Purselley was described as a “con man” by authorities, andSimonin has been left to wonder about the whereabouts of this life insurancepolicy. 

See SheilaStogsdill, Oklahoma Woman Pleads NoContest to Charge She Murdered Husband, The Oklahoman, Sept. 11, 2013.

Special thanks to Brian Cohan (Attorneyat Law, Law Offices of Brian J. Cohan, P.C.) for bringing this article to myattention.