Prosecutors say Colo. woman accused of killing husband killed first 1, too
By APFriday, August 14, 2009
Colo. woman accused of killing 2 husbands
GRAND JUNCTION, Colo. — Prosecutors say a 52-year-old Colorado woman accused of shooting and killing her husband last year is responsible for the death of her first husband, too.
Miriam Helmick is awaiting trial in the shooting death of her husband, Alan Helmick, who died last year in Whitewater. Prosecutors said this week that they’ll allege the woman also shot and killed her first husband in Florida in 2002.
When Jack Calloway Giles died in the couple’s Jacksonville home, the cause of death was ruled a self-inflicted gunshot.
Prosecutors will also argue that Helmick set fire to her father’s house in 2002.
Helmick has not been formally charged in either of those crimes. Her lawyers will try to exclude evidence related to her first husband.
Information from: The Daily Sentinel, www.gjsentinel.com
