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<h6 id="ra-headline"><span style="color:#120101;">Swift justice as Richard Schmelzer was found guilty of first-degree murder in the death of his grandmother, earlier in the month </span></h6>
<h6><span style="color:#120101;">He drove 14 hours and 900 miles to executes tha calculated, cold-blooded murder</span></h6>
<h6><span style="color:#120101;">Schmelzer, 44, allegedly, stabbed 85-year-old Mildred &#8220;Dodie&#8221; Darrington in her bedin July, 2014</span></h6>
<h6><span style="color:#120101;">The married father of four stood to inherit at least $300,000 upon her death </span></h6>
<h6><span style="color:#120101;">Faces up to 60 years in prison, sentencing in Jan 2017</span></h6>
<p>Richard Schmelzer, 44, of Frisco, Texas, was convicted of first-degree murder in the stabbing death of his grandmother Mildred Dorrington, as part of a plot to get his share of Darrington&#8217;s estate, according to court records. The woman died with an estimated worth of $800,000, prosecutors said.<br />
She was found in her East Dundee home July 18, 2014, after she missed a regular hair appointment.</p>
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<h6 class="ra-caption">Richard Schmelzer, 44, was found guilty of first-degree murder in the death of his grandmother Mildred Dorrington who he allegedly killed in order to inherit half of her $800,000 estate, in July, 2014</h6>
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<article id="ra-body">The jury in suburban Chicago found the Texas man guilty of first-degree murder in a plot that involved driving across the country to kill his grandmother in order to inherit half her estate.<br />
The jury in Kane County returned its verdict Tuesday against 44-year-old Richard Schmelze of Frisco, Dallas<br />
Prosecutors during his trial said Schmelzer lived an extravagant lifestyle that left him behind on his mortgage and deeply in debt.<br />
They argued Schmelzer in July 2014 drove hundreds of miles to East Dundee, Illinois, to stab 85-year-old Mildred &#8220;Dodie&#8221; Darrington in her bed.<br />
Schmelzer, the married father of four children, stood to inherit at least $300,000 upon her death.<br />
He faces up to 60 years in prison when he&#8217;s sentenced next month. The defendant setup an elaborate alibi, the court was told., including receipts from a restaurant near his home and claims of attending a three-day work conference, was challenged as prosecutors discovered a cousin rented a car for Schmelzer.<br />
Employees at the restaurant said he was not there that night, and that Schmelzer purchased a &#8220;burner&#8221; cellphone that pinged towers from Texas, through the middle of the country, and up to East Dundee, his grandmother&#8217;s hometown.<br />
The motive, it was alleged, was that Schmelzer had an extravagant lifestyle, was outspending the $200,000 family income. He paid for a $250-an-hour Las Vegas escort,and rang up nearly $30,000 in cash advances against Darrington&#8217;s credit card in the months leading up to her death.<br />
East Dundee Chief of Police Terry Mee speaking after the verdict said this decision &#8220;provides a little bit of closure for this family who lost a significant family member in a horrific crime,&#8221; Mee said.<br />
&#8220;(Schmelzer&#8217;s) deceit is astonishing, and it was done because he was so overcome with greed,&#8221; Kane County State&#8217;s Attorney Joe McMahon said in a news release. &#8220;Quite frankly, it&#8217;s still hard to fathom — this man killed his own grandmother to further a lifestyle of gluttony that he couldn&#8217;t otherwise pay for. He had 14 hours and 900 miles to rethink his plan, but he carried it out, anyway, a calculated, cold-blooded murder.&#8221;<br />
Schmelzer&#8217;s next court date is set for Jan. 25. The sentencing hearing will be set at a later date. He remains in custody at the Kane County jail, where he has been held since September 2014 in lieu of $5 million bail. Bond was revoked upon conviction.</p>
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44-year-old Richard Schmelzer, drove 900 miles from Texas to Illinois to kill his grandmother for the inheritance money
