‘How to Murder Your Husband’ Author Sentenced for Life in Spouse Death

‘How to Murder Your Husband’ Author Sentenced for Life in Spouse Death
Romance writer Nancy Crampton Brophy (L), accused of killing her husband, Dan Brophy, in June 2018, watches proceedings in court in Portland, Ore., on April 4, 2022. Dave Killen/The Oregonian via AP
|Updated:
0:00

PORTLAND, Ore.—A self-published romance novelist who once wrote an online essay called “How to Murder Your Husband” was sentenced Monday to life in prison with the possibility of parole for murdering her husband at his workplace in Portland four years ago.

Nancy Crampton Brophy, 71, was convicted of second-degree murder on May 25 following a seven-week trial. Her sentence Monday includes the possibility of parole after 25 years in custody, KGW-TV reported Monday.