Mr. Verbomockle’s “accident” Although Mrs. Verbomockle may initially appear innocent, she is guilty of murdering her husband, Mr. Verbomockle, which is evidenced by the contradiction of her perfidious testimony with the crime scene evidence, her highly unusual reaction to her death, and the concrete evidence that incriminates her. Mrs. Verbermockle’s defense contends that she is completely innocent of her husband’s death. They claim that Ms. Verbermockle has no motive to kill her husband, as she and her husband are poor, so the life insurance would not have been worth it. However, this claim fails to provide even a basic argument. Is it possible that money is the only possible motive? No, there are a multitude of unaccounted motives, such as anger and …show more content…
Even more peculiarly, she called her family doctor and not 911. Her family doctor would have been slower than 911 EMS, which would have gotten there much quicker and would have had more equipment to save him. Also, the doctor will take longer to leave their practice, as they still have other patients to care for. All of this shows that she wanted to purposely delay medical attention so her husband would die from asphyxiation had he not already died from the initial attack, and had enough time to fake his “accident”. Most importantly, the evidence convicts Mrs. Verbermockle as the murderer of Mr. Verbomockle. When Mr Verbomockle fell onto the floor while brushing his teeth, he fell relaxed with his hand loose around his toothbrush. Had Mr. Verbomockle seen an intruder, he would have tensed up after seeing them in the mirror in front of him; however, since he was relaxed, it had to have been someone he knew well and did not feel any danger towards - even though he appears to be half or fully naked. The only such person is his wife, who also lives with