Name: John W. Nichols.
Died: April 14, 2018.
Age at death: 77.
Cause of death: Poisoning.
Location: Millmont, Pennsylvania, USA.
Disability: Chronic heart disease.
Details:
John’s wife, a retired nurse and responsible for dispensing her husband’s medication, poisoned him with heart medication, causing his heart to fail and killing him. She had also been draining their bank account and borrowing against his life-insurance policy.
John was a carpenter who liked fishing, hunting, and the outdoors.
Case Status:
Myrle E. Miller (Wife), convicted of murder, sentenced to life. Died in prison January 7, 2025. Court records show previous acquittal for attempted murder; she had been accused of poisoning her first husband, who survived.
Sources:
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Remembering the life of John Nichols 1940 – 2018