Marine Murder Army Wives Stories

Here are a few more cases that you can read about Marines who were murdered by their wives. The cases below are not affiliated with the true story above, nor the movie that was based on it.

2002 Marine Husband Killed San Diego, California

Todd Sommer,23, had just come home from a family outing. He told his wife that his heart was fluttering, and that he was going to go to bed to rest. He woke up in a panic, and he was vomiting. He vomited non stop, as if he had food poising. He stood up for a minute, and then he collapsed. He started feeling sick about a week before he died. He had stomach cramping, vomiting, and his symptoms got worse. He had a fever also had a fever. When he returned to the doctor, he seemed to be doing a little better. He felt good enough to go with his family to the fair.  At first his death seemed like a heart attack.  According to some witnesses, his wife did not seem very sad in the days after his death. She did nothing but party. She also had a string of lovers. People became suspicious of her, and the police decided to investigate further. Cynthia was 25 and Todd Sommer was 19 when they met three years earlier. They got married had children and lived in San Diego where he was stationed.
After his death she got a new boyfriend and moved to Florida. There was one investigator that would not let it go. He had a gut feeling that it was not just a natural death. The symptoms ten days earlier showed that he vomited about 15 times. Another investigator reviewed details of her personal life after her husbands's death. They found out that they were having problems in the marriage. She was the party girl. She spent lots of money when he was away. She was spending money left and right. She even wanted breast augmentation surgery. After Todd died she had the breast implant surgery. She thought it would make her feel better. But friends and family grew even more suspcious. The test results on Todd's tissues came back and showed that there was aresenic in his system.  The investigation then became a homicide case, and Cynthia was the main suspect. In 2005 She was arrested for first degree murder. The police were unable to find any internet searches or purchases related to aresenic. Then they discovered that the computer that had been in the home prior to Todd's death was a different computer. When they asked Cindy what happened to the first computer she stated that she did not know, and that is could have been lost or discarded during the move since it was an old computer. Cynthia aka Cindy Sommer went on trial, and she was convicted of murder.

Update: A new attorney started investigating the case from the beginning. They found tissue samples that had not been tested in the first trial. When the tests were finally done, they came back negative for any kind of poison. Sommer was released from prison after serving a little over two years in prison. The defense states that Cynthia's case was not properly defended, and that the state did not bother testing some of the tissue samples. She is a free woman, and it does not appear that she was guilty at all.

Tidbits
The botched lab tests were done in a military lab.