North Dakota woman pleads guilty to poisoning longtime boyfriend over $30 million inheritance
A North Dakota woman pleaded guilty Wednesday to killing her boyfriend of a decade by poisoning him because she believed he was going to leave her after inheriting $30 million, according to court documents and officials.
A North Dakota woman pleaded guilty Wednesday to killing her boyfriend of a decade by poisoning him because she believed he was going to leave her after inheriting $30 million, according to court documents and officials.
Ina Thea Kenoyer, 48, was arrested Oct. 30, and charged with killing Steven Edward Riley Jr., 51, the previous month, according to the Minot Police Department. Police believed Kenoyer “had financial motives to murder Riley.”
On Sept. 3, Riley went to the airport with friends to meet a lawyer because he believed he was going to receive a large inheritance, according to an arrest warrant affidavit filed in North Dakota’s north central judicial district. His friends told investigators he planned to leave Kenoyer, who he had been dating for around 10 years, after receiving his inheritance.
Another friend told investigators that Kenoyer was throwing his belongings out of the home they shared that afternoon because she was upset that Riley was going to break up with her after receiving what she believed was an inheritance of over $30 million dollars, according the affidavit. It's not clear if Riley had actually inherited a large sum of money.
At the airport, Riley told his friends he felt drunk despite not having any alcohol, complained about stomach pain and was nearly falling over while trying to walk. They wanted to take him for medical treatment but Kenoyer, who claimed to have medical training, said Riley "was suffering from heat stroke and just needed to go home and rest after the airport," the affidavit states.
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