Nurse who allegedly poisoned husband to be with killer is jailed

A nurse who allegedly fatally poisoned her husband after falling in love with a convicted killer has been sentenced to 12 years behind bars.

A prison nurse who fatally poisoned her husband after falling in love with a convicted killer learned this week she’ll be spending the next 12 years behind bars.

Amy Murray, 47, accepted a deal from prosecutors in Alford, US, entering a plea to murder, arson and tampering with evidence charges on June 25, according to court records.

In Alford, when a defendant pleads they accept a conviction but maintain their innocence, The New York Post reported.

A judge sentenced Missouri nurse Murray to 12 years on the murder charge along with seven years for the arson and four years for tampering with evidence.

All of the sentences will run concurrently.

Amy Murray allegedly fell in love with a prisoner and killed her husband to be with him.

Murray killed her husband, 37-year-old Joshua, in late 2018. He was found dead in the smouldering remnants of a house fire his wife had set.

Authorities learned Joshua’s blood contained elevated amounts of antifreeze, and three months after his death, arrested his wife, according to an affidavit.

Murray, the couple’s child and their two dogs had left their home in Iberia just 30 minutes prior to the start of the fire.

Murray wanted to marry killer Eugene Claypool.

Investigators soon learned Murray had frequent contact with a prisoner named Eugene Claypool.

Murray worked as a nurse at the Jefferson City Correctional Center, where Claypool’s serving 25 years to life for murder, the affidavit said.

In recorded calls, Murray told Claypool she was tired of her marriage.

After her husband’s death, Murray told the inmate they could get married now that Joshua was “out of the picture”.

This story was originally published on The New York Post and was reproduced with permission.

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