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November 14, 2005
Radio Host Poisons Wife
Radio host James Keown poisoned his wife Julie slowly by adding antifreeze to her Gatorade. Overtime, she became ill and eventually died. James had taken out a $250,000 life insurance policy on his wife and after her death, immediately became a target of suspicion. He moved back to his native Missouri from Massachussetts, where the couple had been living (he had convinced his wife to move there so he could attend Harvard Business School, but in reality he only enrolled in the university's extension school for one class and flunked it). A week or so ago, he was
arrested while on the air.
James' did have a blog, but unfortunately, it has been deleted (part of it is available in the Google cache). The Boston Herald has published some highly entertaining excerpts from it. The excerpts reveal that James was enjoying his newly single status to the nth degree. James' sister, Shawna, has set up her own blog where people can post comments now that her brother's blog has been deleted. Read some of the comments currently there; all are very supportive.
James' situation has also touched others in the blogsphere. One person who worked with James nearly a decade ago and was listed in Keown's blogroll, was contacted by the Boston Herald (much to his surprise as he had no contact with Keown in recent years). A woman who worked with Keown in the Missouri press corp has
written a long entry expressing her shock and belief in her former comrade's innocense.
James allegedly told one friend how he planned to spend the insurance money from his wife's death.
“I am going to take Julie’s insurance money, buy a BMW Z4 convertible, go back to Kansas City and build a house. With what money is left over, I am going to start a foundation in Julie’s name and run it for a few years.'
Links
James Keown arrested while on the air
Excerpts from James Keown's blog
Shawna Keown's blog
Digesting the shock - written by a former Keown co-worker
Posted by inthestars at November 14, 2005 01:56 PM
