A woman in North Dakota was arrested and charged this week for allegedly killing her boyfriend, who died from poisoning last month, police said. They believe the suspect, identified as 47-year-old Ina Thea Kenoyer, may have had murdered Steven Edward Riley, Jr. for financial reasons.
Basic rundown:
Steven Edward Riley, Jr. and Ina Thea Kenoyer had been a couple for 10 years
Steven got an email that a distant relative of his had passed away and he was inheriting $30,000,000 (the answer to your question is yes)
Steven told his friends he was going to dump Ina once he got the money
Ina suspected (or possibly knew/heard) Steven would dump him, devised plot to kill him so she could get the inheritance
Steven starts feeling sick, vomiting, losing consciousness, etc. Friends want to take him to a doctor. Ina says he just has heat stroke and that she would take care of him.
Steven died. Friends immediately said she poisoned him. She apparently frequently told them she would do it.
Autopsy finds he had anti-freeze poisoning
Ina said she did it to get the inheritance.
When questioned why she would get his inheritance, Ina said they had been together for 10 years, so common law marriage applies.
Ina is then informed that North Dakota is not a common law marriage state.
Ina is then informed that the $30,000,000 thing was a scam and there was no inheritance.