GEORGETOWN, Texas (AP) — A woman who helped her husband dig up a corpse and use it to fake his death in a fiery staged car accident was sentenced Thursday to 20 years in prison.
A jury sentenced Molly Daniels after she pleaded guilty to insurance fraud and hindering apprehension. She was also fined $10,000.
"This was a ghoulish, horrific crime," said prosecutor Jane Starnes. "I think it is unfortunate she could only get 20 years."
Officials said the body of an 81-year-old person was used in the fake death June 18, before husband Clayton Wayne Daniels was scheduled to report to jail for failing to report to his probation officer. He had been on probation for sexually assaulting a girl.
Clayton Daniels is in jail, awaiting trial on arson charges.