BREAKING NEWS – Minot, North Dakota – A North Dakota woman has been charged with murder after allegedly poisoning her boyfriend due to “financial motives,” police say.
Ina Thea Kenoyer, 47, was arrested by Minot police. She is accused of using antifreeze to kill 51-year-old Steven Edward Riley Jr. after learning that he planned to break up with her after receiving a large inheritance.
She told investigators that she was entitled to some of Riley’s inheritance as his common-law wife and planned to split the money, which she estimated to be about $30 million, with his son, the records show.
“I feel I am now entitled to the entire $30 million,” Kenoyer told the judge at her arraignment. “And to show a good faith gesture, once I cash the check, I’d be willing to kick in some money for Steven’s funeral.”