Harold Henthorn: Guilty Of First-Degree Murder

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Harold Henthorn claims that his second wife Toni Henthorn fell off of a cliff in Colorado when she was taking a picture of them on their 12th wedding anniversary. However a jury in Colorado felt that the claim wasn’t true, and found Harold guilty of first-degree murder. The prosecutors of the case, accused Harold of pushing Toni off of a cliff in Rocky Mountain National Park. They believe the reason he pushed his wife off of the cliff was so that he could get millions of dollars in insurance money. The authorities stated that they are re-opening the case of Harold’s first wife’s death in 1995. However, Harold claims that his first wife Sandra Henthorn died when she was changing the tire on the car, the car fell on her. Henthorn’s conviction

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