A North Dakota woman fatally poisoned her boyfriend after learning of his plans to leave her because he had inherited $30 million just hours earlier, police said.
Ina Thea Kenoyer, 47, was charged Monday with the Sept. 5 murder of Steven Edward Riley Jr., 51, a gruesome act that police say was motivated by “financial reasons.”
“This case was extremely complex,” said Investigations Commander Capt. Dale Plessas of the Minot Police Department.
Riley became ill when he met with his attorney on Sept. 3 to collect the enormous inheritance sum, witnesses told investigators, according to police records.
Kenoyer did not call 911 until the next day, when paramedics arrived and found Riley unconscious in his Minot home.
He died in the hospital the next day.
An autopsy determined he died after ingesting antifreeze, which police allege Kenoyer gave him.
The accused murderer proclaimed her innocence in a series of meaningless Facebook posts in the days before her arrest, claiming that Riley had committed suicide.
“To the Shafer who almost hit me, who is not married, hello honey, I wish I was looking for someone, but no, I’m a one-man woman, a kind person and Steve Riley, the only man I ever wanted,” she said in a publication. three days before she was charged with murder.
Ina Thea Kenoyer allegedly fed her boyfriend antifreeze after finding out he was breaking up with her. Minot Police Department Kenoyer told investigators that she was entitled to the $30 million fortune because she was Riley’s common-law wife. Minot Police Department
Kenoyer told investigators he planned to split Riley’s staggering inheritance, which he estimated at about $30 million, with his son, records show.
She claimed that she was entitled to the fortune as his common-law wife. North Dakota, however, does not recognize such relationships.
Additionally, Riley had revealed plans to break off the romance shortly after receiving the enormous sum, leading investigators to theorize that she poisoned him to secure the treasure.
An autopsy determined that Steven Edward Riley Jr. died from ingesting antifreeze. Steven Riley/Facebook
“Rest in peace dad…I had a feeling it was her the way it all went down but damn I wish we made plans to see each other sooner,” Riley’s grieving son wrote on Facebook.
“I hope he gets what he deserves for taking you out of this world.”
Kenoyer faces a charge of AA felony murder, the most serious murder charge in North Dakota.
She is being held without bond at the Ward County Detention Center and is representing herself, court records show.
Kenoyer told investigators he was entitled to Riley’s fortune as his common-law wife. Steven Riley/Facebook
The alleged murder is the latest in a series of domestic poisonings across the country committed by scorned associates hoping to cash in on their victims’ fortunes.
Last week, a poison specialist and former doctor at the famed Mayo Clinic was accused of poisoning his wife amid marital difficulties, allegedly trying to immediately cremate her body while planning to cash in on a $500,000 life insurance policy.
Kouri Richins, a Utah mother, is still awaiting trial for allegedly slipping her husband a Moscow mule loaded with fentanyl the day before collecting on a $2 million mansion she hoped to sell and for which he refused to pay.
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