RivCo Woman Accused Of Execution-Style Slaying To Collect More Than $1 Million In Life Insurance
RIVERSIDE COUNTY, CA — Jury deliberations resumed Monday in the trial of a Moreno Valley woman accused of fatally shooting her 56-year-old husband to collect more than $1 million in life insurance proceeds . Lorraine Alison Hunter , 61, could face the death penalty if convicted of first-degree murder with special circumstance allegations of lying in wait and killing for financial gain in the 2009 execution-style slaying of Albert Thomas. Following nearly two weeks of testimony at the Riverside Hall of Justice, the prosecution and defense made closing statements Thursday , after which jurors deliberated about an hour before going home for the weekend. Riverside County Deputy District Attorney Will Robinson's key witness was Hunter's now-23-year-old daughter, Briuana Lashanae Hunter , who confessed to plotting with her mother to kill Thomas. Briuana Hunter pleaded guilty last year to three counts of attempted murder and one count of voluntary manslaughter. She's slated ...