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Trial underway for Todd Mullis, pig farmer accused of killing his wife with a corn rake because she was having an affair after he claimed she fell on it – Prosecutors say Amy Mullis had six puncture wounds and the tool only had four tines

&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><h6><span style&equals;"color&colon; &num;403232&semi;"><strong>Amy Mullis&comma; 39&comma; died on the  large Eastern Iowa farm she operated with her husband on Nov 10&comma; 2018&comma; the couple’s 13-year-old son was the one to find her with a corn rake impaled in her back <&sol;strong><&sol;span><&sol;h6>&NewLine;<h6><span style&equals;"color&colon; &num;403232&semi;"><strong>Her husband Todd Mullis is accused of the &OpenCurlyQuote;murder of his wife with a corn rake’ after discovering she was having yet another affair<&sol;strong><&sol;span><&sol;h6>&NewLine;<h6><span style&equals;"color&colon; &num;403232&semi;"><strong>Todd Mullis&comma; 43&comma; is charged with first-degree murder in the death of Amy&comma; at their Earlville&comma; Iowa farm in fuzzy circumstances<&sol;strong><&sol;span><&sol;h6>&NewLine;<h6><span style&equals;"color&colon; &num;403232&semi;"><strong>He was angry after discovering she was having yet another affair&comma; prosecutors say <&sol;strong><&sol;span><&sol;h6>&NewLine;<h6><span style&equals;"color&colon; &num;403232&semi;"><strong>Todd was also allegedly fearful that he&&num;8217&semi;d lose their farm if Amy divorced him&comma; which he suspected she was planning<&sol;strong><&sol;span><&sol;h6>&NewLine;<h6><span style&equals;"color&colon; &num;403232&semi;"><strong>Amy had six puncture wounds and the tool only had four tines &&num;8211&semi; Prosecutors say evidence shows she had been stabbed in the back with the fork&comma;<&sol;strong><&sol;span><&sol;h6>&NewLine;<h6><span style&equals;"color&colon; &num;403232&semi;"><strong>They told police Amy was scared Todd would kill her and throw her to the pigs <em>If I disappeared&comma; &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;You’ll know Todd did something to me”&OpenCurlyQuote; <&sol;em>– Amy Mullis allegedly told a friend in August 2018 <&sol;strong><&sol;span><&sol;h6>&NewLine;<h6><span style&equals;"color&colon; &num;403232&semi;"><strong>He did find out that his wife was having an affair<&sol;strong><&sol;span><&sol;h6>&NewLine;<h6><span style&equals;"color&colon; &num;403232&semi;"><strong>While 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;<br &sol;>&NewLine;<&sol;strong><&sol;span><&sol;h6>&NewLine;<h6><span style&equals;"color&colon; &num;403232&semi;"><strong>However Todd who feared the financial repercussions if Amy were to divorce him&comma; told Amy&&num;8217&semi;s step-mother that he &&num;8216&semi;wasn&&num;8217&semi;t going to lose the farm over &lbrack;Amy&&num;8217&semi;s infidelity&rsqb;&&num;8217&semi; &&num;8211&semi; police <&sol;strong><&sol;span><&sol;h6>&NewLine;<h6><span style&equals;"color&colon; &num;403232&semi;"><strong>On Nov 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<&sol;strong><&sol;span><&sol;h6>&NewLine;<div>&NewLine;<div class&equals;"mol-img-group floatRHS">&NewLine;<div class&equals;"mol-img">&NewLine;<div class&equals;"image-wrap fff-pic">&NewLine;<div class&equals;"overlay-icon mobile-gallery">&NewLine;<h6 class&equals;"mobile-gallery-icon"><strong><span style&equals;"color&colon; var&lpar;--color-text&rpar;&semi;"><br &sol;>&NewLine;<img src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;i2&period;wp&period;com&sol;konniemoments&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2019&sol;03&sol;Todd-Mullis-1&period;jpg&quest;resize&equals;471&percnt;2C630&&num;038&semi;ssl&equals;1" &sol;><br &sol;>&NewLine;Iowa hog farmer Todd Mullis&comma; &lbrack;photo&rsqb;&comma; is charged with first-degree murder in the slaying of 39-year-old Amy Mullis on November 10 at the farm about 4 miles northwest of Earlville in Iowa &&num;8211&semi; On Nov 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<&sol;span><&sol;strong><&sol;h6>&NewLine;<div><span style&equals;"color&colon; var&lpar;--color-text&rpar;&semi;">An Iowa hog farmer who claimed<&sol;span><a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;konniemoments&period;com&sol;2019&sol;03&sol;01&sol;iowa-hog-farmer-murdered-his-wife-with-a-corn-rake-after-discovering-her-affair-todd-mullis-told-his-family-he-feared-hed-lose-the-farm-in-a-divorce-from-amy&sol;"> his wife died when she &&num;8216&semi;fell on a corn rake&&num;8217&semi;<&sol;a><span style&equals;"color&colon; var&lpar;--color-text&rpar;&semi;"> has gone on trial for her murder after she was found with multiple puncture wounds in her back and friends described her as his &&num;8216&semi;prisoner&&num;8217&semi;&period;<&sol;span><&sol;div>&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<p class&equals;"mol-para-with-font">Todd Mullis&comma; 43&comma; was irate after discovering 39-year-old Amy Mullis was having an affair and fearful that he&&num;8217&semi;d lose their farm if she divorced him&comma; prosecutors say&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;He is charged with first-degree murder after the couple&&num;8217&semi;s 13-year-old son found his mother dead&comma; impaled on a rake in a barn&comma; on November 10 last year at the farm north of Earlville where the couple lived with their three children&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<h6 class&equals;"mol-para-with-font"><img class&equals;"alignnone wp-image-330217" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;konniemoments&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2019&sol;09&sol;Todd-Mullis-4&period;jpg" alt&equals;"Todd Mullis 4" width&equals;"898" height&equals;"527" &sol;><strong>Todd was in court Tuesday Sept 17 at the start of his murder trial in the death of his wife Amy<&sol;strong><&sol;h6>&NewLine;<h6 class&equals;"mol-para-with-font"><strong><span style&equals;"color&colon; var&lpar;--color-text&rpar;&semi;"><img class&equals;"alignnone size-full wp-image-330195" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;konniemoments&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2019&sol;09&sol;Todd-Mullis-and-his-wife-Amy-Mullis-1&period;jpg" alt&equals;"Todd Mullis and his wife Amy Mullis 1&period;JPG" width&equals;"690" height&equals;"581" &sol;>Prosecutors say Todd Mullis &lbrack;left&rsqb; was irate over his wife Amy&&num;8217&semi;s serial cheating&period; He allegedly also fearful that he’d lose their farm if they divorced&comma; as she was planning<&sol;span><&sol;strong><&sol;h6>&NewLine;<div class&equals;"artSplitter mol-img-group">&NewLine;<div class&equals;"mol-img">&NewLine;<div class&equals;"image-wrap fff-pic">&NewLine;<h6><img class&equals;"" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;i2&period;wp&period;com&sol;konniemoments&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2019&sol;03&sol;Amy-Mullis-1&period;png&quest;resize&equals;620&percnt;2C616&&num;038&semi;ssl&equals;1" width&equals;"685" height&equals;"681" &sol;><strong><span style&equals;"color&colon; var&lpar;--color-text&rpar;&semi;">Amy Mullis&comma; &lbrack;photo&comma; circa 2014&rsqb;&comma; told her lover that she feared Todd would kill her and feed her to the pigs if he discovered her secret love affair<&sol;span><&sol;strong><&sol;h6>&NewLine;<p><span style&equals;"color&colon; var&lpar;--color-text&rpar;&semi;">Todd Mullis had said that Amy had accidentally fallen on a corn rake&comma; but prosecutors say medical evidence showed she had been stabbed in the back with it&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;<&sol;span><span style&equals;"color&colon; var&lpar;--color-text&rpar;&semi;">State Prosecutor Marie Hughes said Tuesday&colon; &&num;8216&semi;He hoped people would feel sorry for him and not ask any more questions&period;&&num;8217&semi;<br &sol;>&NewLine;<&sol;span><span style&equals;"color&colon; var&lpar;--color-text&rpar;&semi;">Todd Mullis&&num;8217&semi; attorneys do not dispute that Amy Mullis was killed but say there is reasonable doubt about who killed her&comma; <&sol;span><a class&equals;"class" href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;telegraphherald&period;com&sol;" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank" rel&equals;"nofollow noopener noreferrer">The Telegraph Herald <&sol;a><span style&equals;"color&colon; var&lpar;--color-text&rpar;&semi;">reports&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;<&sol;span><span style&equals;"color&colon; var&lpar;--color-text&rpar;&semi;">Prosecutor Maureen Hughes said Tuesday that being a farmer meant everything to Todd Mullis&comma; and he &&num;8216&semi;had to find a way to keep that farm&&num;8217&semi;&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;<iframe style&equals;"width&colon;120px&semi;height&colon;240px&semi;" marginwidth&equals;"0" marginheight&equals;"0" scrolling&equals;"no" frameborder&equals;"0" src&equals;"&sol;&sol;ws-na&period;amazon-adsystem&period;com&sol;widgets&sol;q&quest;ServiceVersion&equals;20070822&&num;038&semi;OneJS&equals;1&&num;038&semi;Operation&equals;GetAdHtml&&num;038&semi;MarketPlace&equals;US&&num;038&semi;source&equals;ac&&num;038&semi;ref&equals;tf&lowbar;til&&num;038&semi;ad&lowbar;type&equals;product&lowbar;link&&num;038&semi;tracking&lowbar;id&equals;konniemomen09-20&&num;038&semi;marketplace&equals;amazon&&num;038&semi;region&equals;US&&num;038&semi;placement&equals;B00PI5E3Q4&&num;038&semi;asins&equals;B00PI5E3Q4&&num;038&semi;linkId&equals;9606d94193c83627131f1978b0b0b44f&&num;038&semi;show&lowbar;border&equals;false&&num;038&semi;link&lowbar;opens&lowbar;in&lowbar;new&lowbar;window&equals;false&&num;038&semi;price&lowbar;color&equals;333333&&num;038&semi;title&lowbar;color&equals;0066C0&&num;038&semi;bg&lowbar;color&equals;FFFFFF"><br &sol;>&NewLine; 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&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;You’ll know Todd did something to me”&OpenCurlyQuote; – Amy Mullis to a friend in August 2018 Hog farmer is accused of the<&sol;a> <a title&equals;"Iowa hog farmer &OpenCurlyQuote;murdered his wife with a corn rake’ after discovering her affair – Todd Mullis told his family he feared he’d &OpenCurlyQuote;lose the farm’ in a divorce from Amy" href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;konniemoments&period;com&sol;2019&sol;03&sol;01&sol;iowa-hog-farmer-murdered-his-wife-with-a-corn-rake-after-discovering-her-affair-todd-mullis-told-his-family-he-feared-hed-lose-the-farm-in-a-divorce-from-amy&sol;">&lbrack;&&num;8230&semi;&rsqb;<&sol;a><&sol;p>&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<div>&NewLine;<div class&equals;"artSplitter mol-img-group">&NewLine;<div class&equals;"mol-img">&NewLine;<div class&equals;"image-wrap fff-pic">&NewLine;<p><span style&equals;"color&colon; var&lpar;--color-text&rpar;&semi;">Defense attorney Gerald Feuerhelm agreed the farm was important to Todd Mullis&comma; &&num;8216&semi;but not so important that he would murder the mother of his children&period;&&num;8217&semi;<br &sol;>&NewLine;<&sol;span><span style&equals;"color&colon; var&lpar;--color-text&rpar;&semi;">But Amy&&num;8217&semi;s friends are said to have called Todd &&num;8216&semi;POT&comma;&&num;8217&semi; short for &&num;8216&semi;Prisoner of Todd&&num;8217&semi;&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;<&sol;span><span style&equals;"color&colon; var&lpar;--color-text&rpar;&semi;">She is said to have told her brother she was fearful her husband of 14 years would &&num;8216&semi;flip out&&num;8217&semi; when she filed for divorce&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;<&sol;span><span style&equals;"color&colon; var&lpar;--color-text&rpar;&semi;">And 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;>&NewLine;<&sol;span><span style&equals;"color&colon; var&lpar;--color-text&rpar;&semi;">Her death was ruled a homicide&period;<&sol;span><&sol;p>&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<div class&equals;"artSplitter mol-img-group">&NewLine;<div class&equals;"mol-img">&NewLine;<div class&equals;"image-wrap fff-pic">&NewLine;<h6><img class&equals;"alignnone size-full wp-image-330193" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;konniemoments&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2019&sol;09&sol;Todd-Mullis-center-2&period;jpg" alt&equals;"Todd Mullis &lbrack;center&rsqb; 2&period;JPG" width&equals;"723" height&equals;"480" &sol;><strong><span style&equals;"color&colon; var&lpar;--color-text&rpar;&semi;">Todd Mullis&comma; center&comma; attends his first-degree murder trial at Dubuque County Courthouse in Iowa Tuesday&period; He  is accused of killing his wife by stabbing her with a corn rake last year<&sol;span><&sol;strong><&sol;h6>&NewLine;<h6><img class&equals;"alignnone size-full wp-image-330194" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;konniemoments&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2019&sol;09&sol;John-Bernau-1&period;jpg" alt&equals;"John Bernau 1&period;JPG" width&equals;"687" height&equals;"482" &sol;><strong><span style&equals;"color&colon; var&lpar;--color-text&rpar;&semi;">Delaware County&&num;8217&semi;s county attorney John Bernau&comma; right&comma; questions witness officer Eric Holub as he hands back a corn rake during the first-degree murder trial for Todd Mullis<&sol;span><&sol;strong><&sol;h6>&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<div class&equals;"artSplitter mol-img-group">&NewLine;<div class&equals;"mol-img">&NewLine;<div class&equals;"image-wrap fff-pic">&NewLine;<p><span style&equals;"color&colon; var&lpar;--color-text&rpar;&semi;">Prosecutor Hughes told the court&colon; &&num;8216&semi;Being a farmer means everything to him&period; He has put his life into that farm&period; The defendant had to find a way to keep his farm&period;&&num;8217&semi;<&sol;span><&sol;p>&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<p class&equals;"mol-para-with-font">Family photos from Facebook show what appears to be a happy family&comma; doting over their<br &sol;>&NewLine;children as they showed off hunting trophies and awards for gymnastics and 4-H club&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;However&comma; Todd is said to have 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;<br &sol;>&NewLine;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; But investigators said that was not the case&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<div id&equals;"inread&lowbar;player" class&equals;"adHolder" data-adverts-ad&equals;"&lbrace;" data-google-query-id&equals;"CI6d2tuJ2-QCFaKBgwgdSrIAjg">&NewLine;<div id&equals;"&lowbar;cm-css-reset" class&equals;"&lowbar;cm-single-inline">&NewLine;<div class&equals;"&lowbar;cm-inline-video">&NewLine;<div id&equals;"&lowbar;cm-css-reset">&NewLine;<div id&equals;"&lowbar;cm-css-reset" class&equals;"&lowbar;cm-video-ad vpaid-player-container">&NewLine;<div class&equals;"video&lowbar;controls show">&NewLine;<div class&equals;"video&lowbar;controls video&lowbar;controls&lowbar;main&lowbar;area"><&sol;div>&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<div id&equals;"&lowbar;cm-css-reset" class&equals;"&lowbar;cm-volume-area &lowbar;cm-volume-area-bottom">&NewLine;<div class&equals;"&lowbar;cm-volume-border">&NewLine;<div class&equals;"&lowbar;cm-volume-text">&NewLine;<div class&equals;"offcanvas-inner">&NewLine;<div id&equals;"main-body-container">&NewLine;<section id&equals;"main-page-container" class&equals;"container">&NewLine;<article id&equals;"asset-43127c09-9de8-5e47-888c-d020fe7cd097" class&equals;"asset article-default" data-url&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;telegraphherald&period;com&sol;news&sol;tri-state&sol;article&lowbar;43127c09-9de8-5e47-888c-d020fe7cd097&period;html">&NewLine;<div class&equals;"row">&NewLine;<div class&equals;"main-content col-lg-8 col-md-7">&NewLine;<div class&equals;"main-content-wrap">&NewLine;<div id&equals;"asset-content" data-asset-uuid&equals;"43127c09-9de8-5e47-888c-d020fe7cd097">&NewLine;<div class&equals;"row">&NewLine;<div class&equals;"col-lg-8 col-md-12 col-sm-8 col-lg-push-4 col-md-push-0 col-sm-push-4" data-subscription-required-class&equals;"col-xs-12">&NewLine;<div class&equals;"asset-body" data-subscription-required-class&equals;"asset-body">&NewLine;<div id&equals;"tncms-region-article&lowbar;body&lowbar;top" class&equals;"tncms-region hidden-print"><&sol;div>&NewLine;<div class&equals;"asset-content subscriber-premium">&NewLine;<div class&equals;"inline-asset inline-html subscriber-hide tnt-inline-asset tnt-inline-relcontent tnt-inline-html tnt-inline-relation-child tnt-inline-presentation-default tnt-inline-alignment-default tnt-inline-width-default">&NewLine;<div class&equals;"html-content"><iframe src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;tweet&period;telegraphherald&period;com&sol;&quest;searchterm&equals;mullistrial&&num;038&semi;height&equals;500" width&equals;"100&percnt;" height&equals;"500" scrolling&equals;"no" data-mce-fragment&equals;"1"><&sol;iframe><&sol;div>&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<div id&equals;"tncms-region-article&lowbar;instory&lowbar;top" class&equals;"tncms-region hidden-print"><&sol;div>&NewLine;<p class&equals;"mol-para-with-font">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;>&NewLine;The man reportedly told police that Amy had confided that she wanted to leave Todd&comma; but<br &sol;>&NewLine;was &&num;8216&semi;scared to death&&num;8217&semi; of what her husband might do&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;&&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;<br &sol;>&NewLine;In August of 2018&comma; police say Amy told another friend that if she disappeared&comma; &&num;8216&semi;You&&num;8217&semi;ll know Todd did something to me&period;&&num;8217&semi;<br &sol;>&NewLine;Another friend stated that Amy said that Todd would kill her and throw her to the pigs if he ever discovered the affair&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<div class&equals;"artSplitter mol-img-group">&NewLine;<div class&equals;"mol-img">&NewLine;<div class&equals;"image-wrap fff-pic">&NewLine;<h6><span style&equals;"color&colon; var&lpar;--color-text&rpar;&semi;"><img class&equals;"alignnone wp-image-330198" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;konniemoments&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2019&sol;09&sol;Todd-Mullis-and-his-wife-Amy-Mullis-2&period;jpg" alt&equals;"Todd Mullis and his wife Amy Mullis 2" width&equals;"1028" height&equals;"1002" &sol;><strong>Amy &lbrack;left&rsqb;&comma; told a friend she would get &dollar;2 million from a trust fund and half the farm if she divorced her husband while Todd&lbrack;right&rsqb; confided in family that he feared he&&num;8217&semi;d lose the farm in case of a breakup&comma; according to police reports <&sol;strong><&sol;span><&sol;h6>&NewLine;<h6><span style&equals;"color&colon; var&lpar;--color-text&rpar;&semi;"><strong><img class&equals;"alignnone size-full wp-image-330209" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;konniemoments&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2019&sol;09&sol;Kelly-Kruse-1&period;jpg" alt&equals;"Kelly Kruse 1&period;jpg" width&equals;"900" height&equals;"680" &sol;>Amy Mullis was<&sol;strong><&sol;span><strong> stabbed by corn rake &&num;8216&semi;at least twice&comma; possibly 3 times&comma;&&num;8217&semi; Forensic pathologist Dr Kelly Kruse &lbrack;photo&rsqb;&comma; testified on Wednesday<&sol;strong><&sol;h6>&NewLine;<p><span style&equals;"color&colon; var&lpar;--color-text&rpar;&semi;">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 if it came to that&comma; police say<&sol;span><&sol;p>&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<p class&equals;"mol-para-with-font">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; 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;>&NewLine;Todd may have had his suspicions from the very start of the affair&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;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&&num;8217&semi;&comma; authorities say&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;Amy&&num;8217&semi;s brother Jeff Fuller is also said to have 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;>&NewLine;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;<br &sol;>&NewLine;Police say that Todd feared the financial repercussions if Amy were to divorce him&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;The husband 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;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<div class&equals;"artSplitter mol-img-group">&NewLine;<div class&equals;"mol-img">&NewLine;<div class&equals;"image-wrap fff-pic">&NewLine;<div class&equals;"overlay-icon mobile-gallery">&NewLine;<h6 class&equals;"mobile-gallery-icon"><strong><span style&equals;"color&colon; var&lpar;--color-text&rpar;&semi;"><img class&equals;"alignnone wp-image-330201" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;konniemoments&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2019&sol;09&sol;Todd-Mullis-and-his-wife-Amy-Mullis-operated-this-hog-farm-in-Iowa-1&period;jpg" alt&equals;"Todd Mullis and his wife Amy Mullis operated this hog farm in Iowa 1" width&equals;"889" height&equals;"485" &sol;>The couple lived on this farm in eastern Iowa&period; The two large white buildings are hog barns&period; Amy died in one of the barns<&sol;span><&sol;strong><&sol;h6>&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<div class&equals;"artSplitter mol-img-group">&NewLine;<div class&equals;"mol-img">&NewLine;<div class&equals;"image-wrap fff-pic">&NewLine;<div class&equals;"overlay-icon mobile-gallery">&NewLine;<h6 class&equals;"mobile-gallery-icon"><strong><span style&equals;"color&colon; var&lpar;--color-text&rpar;&semi;"><img class&equals;"alignnone wp-image-330199" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;konniemoments&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2019&sol;09&sol;Todd-Mullis-and-his-wife-Amy-Mullis-3&period;jpg" alt&equals;"Todd Mullis and his wife Amy Mullis 3" width&equals;"893" height&equals;"657" &sol;>After a 14-year marriage the couple were the picture of a happy family&period; Photos from Facebook show what appears to be a pair&comma; doting over their children as they showed off hunting trophies and awards for gymnastics and 4-H club<img class&equals;"" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;i1&period;wp&period;com&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&period;jpg&quest;resize&equals;620&percnt;2C397&&num;038&semi;ssl&equals;1" width&equals;"715" height&equals;"458" &sol;>The couple’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;span><&sol;strong><&sol;h6>&NewLine;<div><&sol;div>&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<p class&equals;"mol-para-with-font">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&comma; records show&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;At 8&period;11am on the morning of her death&comma; Amy is said to have 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;>&NewLine;Hours later Todd called 911&comma; frantically reporting that his wife was unresponsive&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;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;>&NewLine;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;>&NewLine;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;>&NewLine;<span style&equals;"color&colon; var&lpar;--color-text&rpar;&semi;">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;>&NewLine;<&sol;span>Todd said he pulled the rake out and rushed Amy to the nearest hospital&comma; calling 911 on the way&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;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;>&NewLine;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;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<div id&equals;"amzn-assoc-ad-40134a38-44cc-433a-8794-09c292fae07c"><&sol;div>&NewLine;<p><script async src&equals;"&sol;&sol;z-na&period;amazon-adsystem&period;com&sol;widgets&sol;onejs&quest;MarketPlace&equals;US&&num;038&semi;adInstanceId&equals;40134a38-44cc-433a-8794-09c292fae07c"><&sol;script><br &sol;>&NewLine;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;>&NewLine;&&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;>&NewLine;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;&&num;8217&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<h3><&sol;h3>&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<&sol;article>&NewLine;<&sol;section>&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<div id&equals;"external-source-links" class&equals;"item" data-track-module&equals;"am-external-links&Hat;external-links">&NewLine;<p> <&sol;p>&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<p> <&sol;p>&NewLine;

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