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Iowa hog farmer ‘murdered his wife with a corn rake’ after discovering her affair – Todd Mullis told his family he feared he’d ‘lose the farm’ in a divorce from Amy

&Tab;&Tab;<div class&equals;"wpcnt">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<div class&equals;"wpa">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<span class&equals;"wpa-about">Advertisements<&sol;span>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<div class&equals;"u top&lowbar;amp">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<amp-ad width&equals;"300" height&equals;"265"&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab; type&equals;"pubmine"&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab; data-siteid&equals;"109460728"&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab; data-section&equals;"1">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;amp-ad>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div><header id&equals;"ra-headers"><h6><span style&equals;"color&colon; &num;999999&semi;"><em>&&num;8216&semi;If I disappeared&comma; &&num;8220&semi;You&&num;8217&semi;ll know Todd did something to me&&num;8221&semi;&&num;8216&semi; <&sol;em>&&num;8211&semi; Amy Mullis to a friend in August 2018<&sol;span><&sol;h6><h6><span style&equals;"color&colon; &num;000000&semi;">Hog farmer is accused of the &&num;8216&semi;murder of his wife with a corn rake&&num;8217&semi; after discovering she was having yet another affair <&sol;span><&sol;h6><h6><span style&equals;"color&colon; &num;000000&semi;">Todd Michael Mullis&comma; 42&comma; was charged with murder on Thursday in Earlville&comma; Iowa<&sol;span><&sol;h6><h6><span style&equals;"color&colon; &num;000000&semi;">His wife Amy Mullis&comma; 39&comma; died on their large Eastern Iowa farm on Nov 10&comma; 2018<&sol;span><&sol;h6><h6><span style&equals;"color&colon; &num;000000&semi;">Couple&&num;8217&semi;s 13-year-old son was the one to find Amy with a corn rake impaled in her back on November 10<&sol;span><&sol;h6><h6><span style&equals;"color&colon; &num;000000&semi;">Todd claimed she fell on a corn rake&comma; but coroner ruled the death a homicide&comma; but after forensics disproved the &&num;8216&semi;accidental death&&num;8217&semi; theory&comma; Amy&&num;8217&semi;s death was ruled a homicide<&sol;span><&sol;h6><h6><span style&equals;"color&colon; &num;000000&semi;">The family portrait of the  happy couple was merely a<&sol;span><span style&equals;"color&colon; &num;000000&semi;"> facade&comma; <&sol;span><span style&equals;"color&colon; &num;000000&semi;">police said<&sol;span><&sol;h6><h6><span style&equals;"color&colon; &num;000000&semi;">After patching over an earlier affair that Amy had in 2013&comma; Todd had discovered the mother-of-three was cheating on him with a new man in 2018<&sol;span><&sol;h6><h6><span style&equals;"color&colon; &num;000000&semi;">Friends told police Amy was scared Todd would kill her and throw her to the pigs<&sol;span><&sol;h6><h6><span style&equals;"color&colon; &num;000000&semi;">Todd reportedly was leery of the financial repercussions&comma; including losing their multi-million Trust Fund and the large hog farm&comma; in the case of a divorce from Amy<&sol;span><&sol;h6><h6><span style&equals;"color&colon; &num;000000&semi;">He is being held at the Delaware County Jail in lieu of &dollar;5 million cash bond<&sol;span><&sol;h6><div><div class&equals;"mol-img-group floatRHS"><div class&equals;"mol-img"><h6 class&equals;"image-wrap fff-pic"><strong><img class&equals;"alignnone wp-image-309404" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;konniemoments&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2019&sol;03&sol;Todd-Mullis-1-224x300&period;jpg" alt&equals;"" width&equals;"471" height&equals;"630" &sol;><br &sol;>     Killer&colon; Hog farmer Todd Mullis was charged with first-degree murder on Thursday in the Nov 2018 death of his wife Amy Mullis&comma; in Earlville&comma; Iowa<&sol;strong><&sol;h6><&sol;div><&sol;div><p class&equals;"mol-para-with-font">An Iowa hog farmer has been accused of murdering his wife by stabbing her in the back with a corn rake&period;<br &sol;>Todd Mullis was charged with first-degree murder on Thursday in Earlville&comma; Iowa over the November 2018 death of his wife Amy Mullis on the farm where they lived with three children&period; <br &sol;>The <span style&equals;"color&colon; &num;000000&semi;">couple&&num;8217&semi;s 13-year-old son was the one to find Amy with a corn rake impaled in her back on November 10&period; <a href&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;ronmat96&period;fxexperts&period;hop&period;clickbank&period;net"><img src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;wallstreet-forex&period;com&sol;images&sol;banners&sol;wsfr&lowbar;2&lowbar;evolution&lowbar;600x160&lowbar;1&period;jpg" rel&equals;"prettyPhoto"><&sol;a><&sol;span><&sol;p><p>Todd&comma; 42&comma; told police at the time that his 39-year-old wife must have tripped and fallen on the rake&comma; dying accidentally&period;<br &sol;>But the coroner determined that while the corn rake had four tines&comma; Amy had at least six puncture wounds&comma; indicating she had been stabbed repeatedly&period;<br &sol;>Her death subsequently was ruled a homicide&period; A detailed arrest warrant affidavit by the Delaware County Sheriff&&num;8217&semi;s Office lays out the meticulous investigation that led to Todd&&num;8217&semi;s arrest&period;<&sol;p><p> <&sol;p><div class&equals;"artSplitter mol-img-group"><div class&equals;"mol-img"><h6 class&equals;"image-wrap fff-pic"><strong><img class&equals;"alignnone wp-image-309401" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;konniemoments&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2019&sol;03&sol;Rake-used-by-Todd-Mullis-to-kill-his-wife-Amy-Mullis-1-300x192&period;jpg" alt&equals;"" width&equals;"650" height&equals;"416" &sol;>The couple&&num;8217&semi;s 13-year-old son was the one to find his mom with a corn rake&comma; like the one in the image&comma; impaled in her back on Nov 10&comma; last year<&sol;strong><&sol;h6><&sol;div><&sol;div><div class&equals;"artSplitter mol-img-group"><div class&equals;"mol-img"><div class&equals;"image-wrap fff-pic"><div class&equals;"overlay-icon mobile-gallery"><h6 class&equals;"mobile-gallery-icon"><strong><img class&equals;"alignnone wp-image-309403" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;konniemoments&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2019&sol;03&sol;Todd-and-Amy-Mullis-with-one-of-their-sons-1-300x215&period;png" alt&equals;"" width&equals;"872" height&equals;"625" &sol;>Todd and Amy Mullis&comma; seen in this 2017 family portrait&comma; wed in 2004&period; The couple lived with three children&comma; on their large farm in eastern Iowa where Amy allegedly was killed in a crime of passion and greed<&sol;strong><&sol;h6><&sol;div><&sol;div><&sol;div><&sol;div><p class&equals;"mol-para-with-font">Todd and Amy married in 2004&comma; and had two sons ages 13 and eight&comma; and an 11-year-old daughter&period; The family of five lived on their large farm in eastern Iowa&comma; raising corn and hogs&period;<br &sol;>Family photos from Facebook show what appears to be a happy family&comma; doting over their children as they showed off hunting trophies and awards for gymnastics and 4-H club&period;<br &sol;>However&comma; Todd revealed a darker side to the marriage in interviews with police&comma; admitting that he had caught his wife in an affair with another man in 2013&period;<&sol;p><div class&equals;"overlay-icon mobile-gallery"><h6><strong><img class&equals;"alignnone wp-image-309402" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;konniemoments&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2019&sol;03&sol;Todd-and-Amy-Mullis-farm-in-Iowa-1-300x164&period;jpg" alt&equals;"" width&equals;"852" height&equals;"466" &sol;>The couple lived on this farm in eastern Iowa&period; The two large white buildings are hog barns<&sol;strong><&sol;h6><&sol;div><p class&equals;"mol-para-with-font">At first&comma; Todd insisted that he had never had a reason to suspect his wife of another affair&comma; and that they had patched things up and had a strong relationship at the time of her death&period; &NewLine;<script type&equals;"text&sol;javascript">&NewLine;amzn&lowbar;assoc&lowbar;placement &equals; "adunit0"&semi;&NewLine;amzn&lowbar;assoc&lowbar;search&lowbar;bar &equals; "true"&semi;&NewLine;amzn&lowbar;assoc&lowbar;tracking&lowbar;id &equals; "konniemomen09-20"&semi;&NewLine;amzn&lowbar;assoc&lowbar;ad&lowbar;mode &equals; "manual"&semi;&NewLine;amzn&lowbar;assoc&lowbar;ad&lowbar;type &equals; "smart"&semi;&NewLine;amzn&lowbar;assoc&lowbar;marketplace &equals; "amazon"&semi;&NewLine;amzn&lowbar;assoc&lowbar;region &equals; "US"&semi;&NewLine;amzn&lowbar;assoc&lowbar;title &equals; "My Amazon Picks"&semi;&NewLine;amzn&lowbar;assoc&lowbar;linkid &equals; "9fa440ab89ca445a235d73dcaebd1636"&semi;&NewLine;amzn&lowbar;assoc&lowbar;asins &equals; "B07DFBWKQT&comma;B07DLF1KDF&comma;B01H68A2P6&comma;B01DPLT2U4"&semi;&NewLine;<&sol;script>&NewLine;<script src&equals;"&sol;&sol;z-na&period;amazon-adsystem&period;com&sol;widgets&sol;onejs&quest;MarketPlace&equals;US"><&sol;script>&NewLine;But investigators discovered that was not the case&period;<br &sol;>Amy had been engaged in a second affair with another man that the couple both knew since May 2018&comma; according to investigators&period;<br &sol;>The man reportedly told police that Amy had confided that she wanted to leave Todd&comma; but was &&num;8216&semi;scared to death&&num;8217&semi; of what her husband might do&period;<br &sol;>&&num;8216&semi;If he catches me&comma; he might make me disappear&comma;&&num;8217&semi; Amy told her secret lover in the summer of 2018&comma; according to the affidavit&period;<&sol;p><div class&equals;"artSplitter mol-img-group"><div class&equals;"mol-img"><div class&equals;"image-wrap fff-pic"><div class&equals;"overlay-icon mobile-gallery"><h6 class&equals;"mobile-gallery-icon"><strong><img class&equals;"alignnone wp-image-309400" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;konniemoments&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2019&sol;03&sol;Amy-Mullis-1-300x298&period;png" alt&equals;"" width&equals;"879" height&equals;"873" &sol;>Victim&colon; Amy Mullis&comma; &lbrack;photo&comma; circa 2014&rsqb;&comma; told her lover that she feared Todd would kill her and leave her to the pigs if he discovered her secret love affair<&sol;strong><&sol;h6><&sol;div><&sol;div><&sol;div><&sol;div><p class&equals;"mol-para-with-font">Amy Mullis had premonitions she was in imminent danger&period; In August of 2018&comma; she told another friend that if she disappeared&comma; &&num;8216&semi;You&&num;8217&semi;ll know Todd did something to me&comma;&&num;8217&semi; investigators said&period;<br &sol;>Another friend stated that Amy said that Todd would kill her and throw her to the pigs if he ever discovered the affair&period;<br &sol;>On the week of October 22&comma; a friend told investigators that Amy had called crying and screaming&comma; saying that Todd had discovered her affair&period;<br &sol;>Amy said that one of her children was refusing to get on the school bus&comma; for fear that she wouldn&&num;8217&semi;t be there when the child returned&period;<br &sol;>Todd may have had his suspicions from the very start of the affair&period; <br &sol;>A police review of his internet search history revealed that in May of 2018&comma; he had googled the terms &&num;8216&semi;killing unfaithful women&&num;8217&semi; and &&num;8216&semi;what happens to cheaters in history&&num;8217&semi; as well as &&num;8216&semi;what happened to cheating spouses in historic Aztec tribes&period;&&num;8217&semi;<br &sol;>Amy&&num;8217&semi;s brother Jeff Fuller told investigators that she was planning on moving out imminently at the time of her death&period; Fuller said that he had been storing furniture for her to use when she moved into a new home&period;<br &sol;>Amy confided in a friend that she believed she&&num;8217&semi;d get &dollar;2 million from a trust fund as well as half of the farm if she were to leave Todd&period;<&sol;p><div class&equals;"artSplitter mol-img-group"><div class&equals;"mol-img"><div class&equals;"image-wrap fff-pic"><div class&equals;"overlay-icon mobile-gallery"><h6 class&equals;"mobile-gallery-icon"><strong><img class&equals;"alignnone wp-image-309399" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;konniemoments&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2019&sol;03&sol;Amy-and-Todd-Mullis-3-300x295&period;png" alt&equals;"" width&equals;"1414" height&equals;"1390" &sol;>False front of a happy couple &lbrack;photo&comma; circa 2015&rsqb;&comma; police said&period; Amy told a friend she thought she&&num;8217&semi;d get &dollar;2 million and half the farm if she divorced Todd&comma; while he told family he feared he&&num;8217&semi;d lose the farm in a split<&sol;strong><&sol;h6><&sol;div><&sol;div><&sol;div><&sol;div><p class&equals;"mol-para-with-font">Police say that Todd feared the financial repercussions if Amy were to divorce him&period; He even told Amy&&num;8217&semi;s step-mother that he &&num;8216&semi;wasn&&num;8217&semi;t going to lose the farm over this&comma;&&num;8217&semi; according to the affidavit&period;<br &sol;>On November 6&comma; four days before Amy&&num;8217&semi;s death&comma; Todd searched the internet for &&num;8216&semi;organs of the body&&num;8217&semi; and looked at several anatomical diagrams of the human body&period;<br &sol;>At 8&period;11am on the morning of her death&comma; Amy texted a friend&colon; &&num;8216&semi;Still very tense around here&period; Just not sure of anything anymore&period;&&num;8217&semi;<br &sol;>On November 10 at 12&period;05pm&comma; Todd called 911&comma; frantically reporting that his wife was unresponsive&period;<br &sol;>Todd claimed that he had been working in the north hog building with Amy and their 13-year-old son that morning when he noticed that Amy appeared to be having dizzy spells&period;<br &sol;>The husband said he told his wife to go lie down in the house until she felt better&comma; but asked her to grab an animal carrier for a litter of kittens from another outbuilding before she went inside&period;<br &sol;>When the father and son left the hog barn to get a drink&comma; the animal carrier wasn&&num;8217&semi;t where Amy was supposed to leave it&comma; Todd said&period;<br &sol;>Todd told police that he asked his son to look for Amy&period; The boy made a grisly discovery in a nearby shed&comma; finding his mother lying on the ground with a corn rake impaled in her back&period;<br &sol;>Todd said he pulled the rake out and rushed Amy to the nearest hospital&comma; calling 911 on the way&period;<&sol;p><div class&equals;"artSplitter mol-img-group"><div class&equals;"mol-img"><div class&equals;"image-wrap fff-pic"><div class&equals;"overlay-icon mobile-gallery"><div class&equals;"mobile-gallery-icon"><h6><strong><img class&equals;"alignnone wp-image-309398" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;konniemoments&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2019&sol;03&sol;Amy-and-Todd-Mullis-1-300x291&period;png" alt&equals;"" width&equals;"1316" height&equals;"1277" &sol;>Though the couple put on a happy face&comma; police say that Todd had confronted Amy about an affair five years earlier&comma; and that he discovered her cheating again with a man he knew last year<&sol;strong><&sol;h6><&sol;div><&sol;div><&sol;div><&sol;div><&sol;div><p class&equals;"mol-para-with-font">About halfway to the hospital&comma; which is 13 miles from the farm&comma; emergency services met Todd on the road and transferred Amy to an ambulance&comma; taking her the rest of the way&period; She was declared dead on arrival at the hospital&period;<br &sol;>An autopsy found six puncture wounds in Amy&&num;8217&semi;s back&period; Two were at an upward angle&comma; and four downward&period; The corn rake only has four tines&comma; police said&period;<br &sol;>After Amy&&num;8217&semi;s death&comma; a friend of Todd&&num;8217&semi;s told police that he had confided some disturbing statements&period;<br &sol;>&&num;8216&semi;You really have to watch what you text on your phone because it could come back to bite you&comma;&&num;8217&semi; Todd said&comma; according to the friend&period; &&num;8216&semi;You know if you write something like &&num;8216&semi;I wish you were dead&&num;8217&semi; or &&num;8216&semi;It would be so easy to have you killed or have you dead&period;&&num;8221&semi;<br &sol;>On January 8&comma; two months after Amy&&num;8217&semi;s death&comma; police say that Todd searched the internet for the phrases &&num;8216&semi;thrill of the kill&&num;8217&semi; and &&num;8216&semi;once you hunt man you will always feel the thirst&period;<script type&equals;"text&sol;javascript">&NewLine;amzn&lowbar;assoc&lowbar;placement &equals; "adunit0"&semi;&NewLine;amzn&lowbar;assoc&lowbar;search&lowbar;bar &equals; "true"&semi;&NewLine;amzn&lowbar;assoc&lowbar;tracking&lowbar;id &equals; "konniemomen09-20"&semi;&NewLine;amzn&lowbar;assoc&lowbar;ad&lowbar;mode &equals; "manual"&semi;&NewLine;amzn&lowbar;assoc&lowbar;ad&lowbar;type &equals; "smart"&semi;&NewLine;amzn&lowbar;assoc&lowbar;marketplace &equals; "amazon"&semi;&NewLine;amzn&lowbar;assoc&lowbar;region &equals; "US"&semi;&NewLine;amzn&lowbar;assoc&lowbar;title &equals; "My Amazon Picks"&semi;&NewLine;amzn&lowbar;assoc&lowbar;linkid &equals; "4a7637e5f87e7c1e8b9534991c889996"&semi;&NewLine;amzn&lowbar;assoc&lowbar;asins &equals; "B07TPZ7PH5&comma;B002VBWIP6&comma;B07C438TMN&comma;B01LPZM7VI&comma;B07PTMKYS7"&semi;&NewLine;<&sol;script>&NewLine;<script src&equals;"&sol;&sol;z-na&period;amazon-adsystem&period;com&sol;widgets&sol;onejs&quest;MarketPlace&equals;US"><&sol;script>&&num;8216&semi;<br &sol;>Todd Michael Mullis was arrest on Thursday&comma; and is being held at the Delaware County Jail in lieu of &dollar;5 million cash bond&period;<br &sol;>Mullis&&num;8217&semi; attorney could not immediately be reached for comment&period; His preliminary hearing is set for March 8&period;<&sol;p><&sol;div><&sol;header><div id&equals;"ra-body-wrap"> <&sol;div><div> <&sol;div><p> <&sol;p>

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