On September 1, 2005, Kissel was sentenced to life in prison for the murder of her husband, ending one of the city’s most sensational trials

By Polly Hui and Barclay Crawford

This article was first published on September 2, 2005

The verdict is murder, the jury unanimous. For Robert Kissel’s father, justice has been served; for the killer’s mother, just tears.

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