A Quarryville woman responsible for her husband's death on Valentine's Day was convicted of the crime. She committed the crime in 2021 and was sentenced to life without parole on Wednesday, December 21.
Estranged Husband Killed on Valentine's Day 2021
Mentioned by the Lancaster County district attorney's office, which stated the terrible killing that happened in the PNC Bank in Strasburg, reported Daily Voice.
Based on the sources mentioning that Danielle Beweley, 30, was proven guilty in the reported murder in the first degree of Mitchell Beweley. Her trial was held for five days in a Lancaster court with County Judge Merrill Spahn, ending on December 21, per Lancaster Online.
The sentence for the homicide includes a lifetime in prison with no chance of parole for committing first-degree murder, noted the DA's office last January 24, 2022.
Input by the Assistant District Attorney Christine Wilson mentioning the case and the evidence shown in court. She made observations in the trial that Danielle had planned the homicide. Details in court reveal it was an attempt to conceal foul play and claim self-defense. They argued that she lured him to the bank and then shot him in the chest at 5:30 pm, according to Fox 43.
Wilson added the accused planned to kill the victim, and everything was carried out to plan. Several witnesses at the PNC Bank heard an initial gunshot, followed by several more. Lancaster County Coroner did the autopsy and called all the shots fatal to the victim.
Quarryville Woman Premeditated Murder
More statements from the defendant's friend, including Ring camera video capture, revealed she went to her friend's house to get the gun used in the slaying.
Assistant District Attorney Wilson claimed that the suspect's claim of self-defense was incorrect because of her actions. She did not go to the cops or stay someplace else and had other plans, thus meeting the spouse.
Danielle, based on testimony, issued prior threats to kill the victim before the actual slaying. It got worse when the suspect had a FaceTime call with a friend showing the firearm revealed before shooting her spouse dead. The defendant made herself more suspicious as friends and family heard her in many calls about how the victim was shot dead. She alleged said that "He got what he deserved."
District Attorney Impressions
Wilson explained doubt that the defendant is subject to serious injury and getting killed in luring the victim to the bank, then killing him. Another doubt in the claims is that the wife could have avoided what could have happened. By not preventing the situation losses credibility in saying it was self-defense too.
Defense lawyers of the accused sought third-degree murder or manslaughter verdict because the alleged mental state made the victim made her fear something. Judge Spahn gave the guilty verdict at 4:45 pm on Tuesday.
At one point, the victim's dad made a statement during the trial, saying that he forgave his daughter-in-law, remarked the DA. The convicted Quarryville woman who murdered her husband on Valentine's Day 2021 ended up getting convicted for life.
