Husband drove for hours with his dead wife in the trunk of his Ford Escape after killing her during an argument at their home

A antheral successful Illinois has learned his destiny for sidesplitting his woman and past driving astir successful his Ford Escape with her assemblage successful the trunk.

John W. Finney, 52, was charged with first-degree murder successful the decease of his wife, 42-year-old Amy J. Finney. After being recovered guilty, helium was sentenced to 75 years successful prison, the Jefferson County Sheriff's Office announced.

Deputies said that connected Sept. 1, 2025, astatine astir 8 p.m., they received a study astir a imaginable homicide successful Jefferson County. They began searching for the conveyance of interest, a grey 2007 Ford Escape.

About an hr later, an serviceman with the Christopher Police Department spotted the vehicle, and, on with different officers, pulled the conveyance over. John Finney was inside, and helium was detained.

Officers did a "sweep" of the conveyance and recovered Amy Finney dormant inside. "While this was happening, Jefferson County Sheriff's Deputies discovered grounds to enactment the transgression country was astatine the Finney residence," the sheriff's bureau added.

Crime country investigators began searching for grounds astatine the couple's home. "Preliminary grounds gathered powerfully supports that Amy Finney died from a gunshot coiled during a home quality with John astatine their home," the sheriff's bureau said the adjacent day.

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Investigators believed John Finney killed his woman connected Aug. 31, 2025, and past spent respective hours driving astir with her assemblage wrong his Ford Escape the pursuing time earlier helium was arrested, determination CBS and The CW affiliate KFVS reported. Amy Finney was recovered successful the hatchback of the vehicle.

After being sentenced, Finney was returned to jail. Authorities accidental helium volition beryllium transferred to the Illinois Department of Corrections to service his time.