Who is Harold Henthorn and what did he do?
He will likely remain in federal prison for life Harold Henthorn was one calculating and manipulative murderer. A jury convicted him of murdering his second wife, Toni Bertolet, based on evidence that he murdered his first wife, Sandra ‘Lynn’ Henthorn.
What happened to Harold Henthorn’s first wife?
When Harold Henthorn met Toni Bertolet in 1999 he found a second chance at love and marriage. His first wife had been killed in a bizarre accident years earlier. How could an anniversary hike in Rocky Mountain National Park turn into tragedy? Was it an accident or did Harold cause Toni’s death?
Can Harold Henthorn appeal his conviction?
Henthorn has little chance of appealing his trial or conviction after the US Supreme Court declined to hear his case. “Today’s conviction means that Harold Henthorn will never hurt or kill another woman,” assistant US attorney Bob Troyer said . “Instead, he will likely spend the rest of his natural life in a prison cell.”
What happened to Toni Henthorn?
The Henthorn’s owned a mountain cabin near Grand Lake in Granby, Colorado. At 10 pm one night, Harold was “allegedly” completing some construction work or cleaning up the deck of the cabin when a beam had struck Toni in the upper back, injuring her neck.
What did the investigators discover about Harold?
The Investigators talked with Toni’s family and friends and discovered that Harold was a demanding and controlling husband. He always answered the phone when anybody called. He had their house phone ring to his cell phone. Any conversations that Toni had were always on speakerphone.
Why did Harold and Toni fall from the same tower?
They also present evidence that Harold had visited the same area that Toni had fallen from on at least 8 to 9 occasions because his cell phone had binged off the same cell tower in that area .
What happened to Lynn in the book The Good Samaritans?
A few days after Lynn’s death one of the good Samaritans who had stopped to help called the police to voice her suspicions about the “accident” and asked if Harold had been arrested. Although there were changing stories and the Samaritan’s suspicions there was only a brief investigation. Six days after police started investigating they determined that Lynn’s death was an accident despite the unusual circumstances.
Harold will remain in prison for the rest of his life after the US Supreme Court declined to hear his case
Harold is imprisoned in a federal prison in Terre Haute, Indiana. He will likely remain in the federal prison system for the rest of his life. Henthorn has little chance of appealing his trial or conviction after the US Supreme Court declined to hear his case.
Henthorn petitioned for a new trial claiming that his lawyer sabotaged him
Harold petitioned for a new trial citing ‘ineffective assistance of counsel.’ He claimed that he paid attorney Craig Truman over a million dollars, but Truman ‘acted in his own self-interest and put his personal financial gain ahead of conducting a solid defense for me.’
