- Cyntia Sommer
Cyntia Sommer, 34, is an American former prisoner who was sentenced in 2005 for the
murder of her husband [http://www.courttv.com/trials/sommer/013007_verdict_ctv.html] . Sommer was first accused of poisoning her Marine husband, Sgt. Todd Sommer, witharsenic in order to cash in on his $250,000 life insurance policy. He collapsedFebruary 18 ,2002 , in the couple’s bedroom at Marine Corps Air Station Miramar, [. http://www.courttv.com/trials/sommer/012307_ctv.html] and later died at a hospital. Sommer allegedly used the money to buy breast implants not long after her husband's death. [http://www.courttv.com/trials/sommer/012407_ctv.html]Release
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April 16 ,2008 , Sommer was released. New tests had proven that there was no arsenic in her husbands blood at the time of his death. [http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/chi-cynthia-sommer-080418-ht,0,7482806.story] The day after her release, Sommers was a guest onLarry King Live talking about her feelings about being freed. She was also a guest on the show in 2007 as she was still a prisoner, talking via satellite link. [http://www.mcomet.com/movie/Larry_King_Live_Cynthia_Sommer-519131]On
September 26 , 2008 Sommer will be in court requesting that her case be dismissed with prejudice. [http://www.freecynthia.com/]References
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