GUILTY MO - Ivan 'Ike' Mullenix, 76, murdered in his St Louis County mansion, 17 July 2013

wfgodot said:

Wife 'stabbed property developer husband to death and left his body in their mansion'. (Daily Mail)
• Ivan L. Mullenix, Sr, 76, was found stabbed to death inside his upscale St Louis home
• Police found Mary Ann Mullenix, 69, outside the home after the stabbing
• She was charged with second-degree murder of her husband of 42 years
• Police say it was not the first time officers had been called to the home in the exclusive gated community

the story at the links, with pictures

Wife charged in stabbing of former developer in small village near Town and Country. (St. Louis Post-Dispatch)

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tezi said:

I haven't read the story yet, but I take it, divorce wasn't an option for her? Good gawd.

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A police spokesman said this wasn't the first time officers had been called to the upscale home.

'They have a history... they have a rather stormy relationship, this is what is beginning to develop.' he said.
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al66pine said:

Steadfast:
Yes, Country Life Acres sounds like a TV show, but it exists.

Per census in "....2010, there were 74 people, 27 households, and 24 families residing in the village."
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Country_Life_Acres,_Missouri.

Technically not a subdivision. It has a chairman/trustee form of government with a village clerk.

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A woman who once faced the possibility of a life sentence in the stabbing death of her husband at their million-dollar home was sentenced Thursday in court here on reduced charges to what may be 90 days in jail and five years on probation.

Mary Ann Mullenix, 70, will have to serve four years in prison for second-degree involuntary manslaughter if she fails to complete probation terms imposed by Circuit Judge Colleen Dolan. Those include a 90-day alcohol treatment program in jail, anger management classes and no alcohol use...

A prosecutor’s spokesperson said the charges were reduced because Ike Mullenix had a “history of domestic abuse against the defendant” and the circumstances were open to a self-defense claim.

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