Keith Morrison

Nancy who had the affair and caused the divorce.

A charge Nancy has always denied.

Truth?

Well, whatever the truth was, one thing was now crystal clear, even to Chris Latham.

He had no chance of getting a favorable ruling in a divorce court trial.

Not now.

Not with a murder-for-hire rap hanging over his head.

So he settled.

Since it seemed unlikely Nancy would ever be able to collect on an alimony judgment, with Chris now out of work and looking at a lengthy prison stretch if convicted,

The court awarded her a larger portion of the Latham marital estate.

It was November 2013, less than four months after Chris's arrest, the Latham divorce case was finalized.

And that day, Nancy Latham reclaimed her maiden name.

Great name.

She might be a canon now, but Nancy would have to keep her powder dry, at least for the next three months.

That was when her ex-husband and his girlfriend would have to face the big guns from the Department of Justice and go on trial for plotting to have her killed.

Next, on Murder and Magnolias...

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