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She Murdered Her Husband With A Hammer. Now She Gets To Inherit His Estate After Claiming Emotional Abuse.

Ashe Schow
She Murdered Her Husband With A Hammer. Now She Gets To Inherit His Estate After Claiming Emotional Abuse.
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A woman previously convicted of murdering her husband but successfully appealed down to a lesser charge of manslaughter will now be able to fully inherit his estate instead of the couple’s children.

In 2010, Sally Challen went to visit her estranged husband with a hammer in her purse. As her husband, Richard, ate lunch, Sally beat him to death with the Hammer, leaving a note on his body that said, “I love you.” She then fled the home and was later arrested and convicted for his murder.

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