A North Dakota woman has been accused of fatally poisoning her boyfriend with antifreeze in what the authorities say may have been a plot to claim part of his $30 million inheritance.
The woman, Ina Thea Kenoyer, 47, of Minot, N.D., was charged with murder on Monday in the Sept. 5 death of Steven Edward Riley, Jr., 51, her boyfriend of 10 years.
Ms. Kenoyer was being held at the Ward County Detention Center in Minot, a city roughly 110 miles north of the state’s capital, Bismarck.
She was set to appear in court on Wednesday; it was unclear if she had a lawyer.
On Sept. 4, emergency workers were called to the couple’s home in Minot, where Mr. Riley was found unresponsive, according to an affidavit prepared by Erin Bonney, an officer with the Minot Police Department, and filed in Ward County District Court on Monday.
Persons:
Ina Thea Kenoyer, Steven Edward Riley , Jr, Kenoyer, Riley, Erin Bonney
Organizations:
N.D, Detention, Minot Police Department
Locations:
Dakota, Minot, Ward, Bismarck, Ward County