A former high school teacher's aide was convicted Saturday of bribing three teenagers with cash and the promise of more riches to kill her husband.
Diane Borchardt, who was in a bitter divorce fight, was convicted of recruiting the boys with $600 and promising them cars, jewelry and $20,000 from her estranged husband's life insurance.The three were convicted in separate trials of sneaking into the couple's home on April 3, 1994, and shooting Ruben Borchardt to death. His wife was out of town.
Prosecutor David Wambach said Friday in his closing statement that Borchardt, 46, wanted her husband dead so she could own the house and other assets valued at $270,000.
Her lawyer challenged that, saying state law guaranteed Borchardt half the couple's property.
She awaits sentencing to a mandatory life term on her murder conviction.