Man who staged car crash to hide wife’s murder convicted
ROLLING MEADOWS, Ill. — A 76-year-old man who prosecutors say used his reputation as an upstanding citizen to convince authorities 45 years ago that the crash that killed his wife was an accident has been convicted of first-degree murder in her death.
A Cook County jury on Monday found Donnie Rudd guilty of murder in the 1973 death of 19-year-old Noreen Kumeta Rudd in Barrington Hills, about 40 miles (65 kilometres) northwest of Chicago.
The jury deliberated for just three hours before delivering the verdict that made it clear they didn’t believe the death was a tragic accident. Instead, jurors were swayed by the prosecutors’ argument that Rudd, under intense financial pressure, married then killed Noreen Rudd to collect $120,000 in insurance money, then moved back in with a former girlfriend.
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