Post by Anja Nieser on Sept 6, 2006 22:00:15 GMT -5
Prosecutors seek death penalty against slain doctor's wife
Federal prosecutors will seek the death penalty against a Pennsylvania
woman accused of plotting the killing of her millionaire husband along the
Ohio Turnpike last year.
Donna Moonda, 47, of Hermitage, Pa., was indicted last month in the death
of Dr. Gulam Moonda, 69. He was shot May 13, 2005, when the couple pulled
off the Turnpike in suburban Cleveland. A gunman emerged from another
vehicle, shot and robbed the doctor and fled.
Prosecutors contended in a court filing Wednesday that there were 3
reasons for seeking the death penalty: Moonda promised to pay her former
lover, Damian Bradford, if he killed her husband; she sought to receive
millions of dollars from his estate; and she used substantial planning and
premeditation in his death.
Bradford, a cocaine dealer from the Pittsburgh suburb of Monaca, Pa.,
pleaded guilty in July to interstate stalking and a gun charge and agreed
to cooperate with authorities. His cooperation helped lead to Moonda's
indictment.
She faces charges of murder for hire, helping arrange interstate stalking,
and separate charges of helping arrange for a firearm in a stalking and
murder. Her trial is scheduled for Oct. 23.
(source: Associated Press)
Federal prosecutors will seek the death penalty against a Pennsylvania
woman accused of plotting the killing of her millionaire husband along the
Ohio Turnpike last year.
Donna Moonda, 47, of Hermitage, Pa., was indicted last month in the death
of Dr. Gulam Moonda, 69. He was shot May 13, 2005, when the couple pulled
off the Turnpike in suburban Cleveland. A gunman emerged from another
vehicle, shot and robbed the doctor and fled.
Prosecutors contended in a court filing Wednesday that there were 3
reasons for seeking the death penalty: Moonda promised to pay her former
lover, Damian Bradford, if he killed her husband; she sought to receive
millions of dollars from his estate; and she used substantial planning and
premeditation in his death.
Bradford, a cocaine dealer from the Pittsburgh suburb of Monaca, Pa.,
pleaded guilty in July to interstate stalking and a gun charge and agreed
to cooperate with authorities. His cooperation helped lead to Moonda's
indictment.
She faces charges of murder for hire, helping arrange interstate stalking,
and separate charges of helping arrange for a firearm in a stalking and
murder. Her trial is scheduled for Oct. 23.
(source: Associated Press)