Wife arrested in husband's fatal shooting

Originally published January 4, 2011 at 4:17 p.m., updated January 4, 2011 at 5:50 p.m.

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Holts Summit police on Tuesday arrested Sandra Plunkett, 37, in the fatal shooting of her husband, Paul Plunkett, on New Year’s Day.

At a Tuesday afternoon news conference, officer Marc Haycook said police expect charges will be filed within a few hours.

Sandra Plunkett reported at about 12:49 p.m. on Saturday that her husband had been shot inside his home. She initially told police that she was outside the home when she saw a man in camouflage with a gun walking down the street. She said she entered her home and found her husband on the floor, shot in the back of the head.

But Haycook said “all leads pointed to Mrs. Plunkett as being the suspect.”

He said she is cooperating with police, and will be held in the Callaway County Jail.

He said his department, with help from area agencies, tracked down 60 leads from the public.

Haycook didn’t offer a motive for the killing or say what specific evidence led to the arrest.

For more information on the investigation, see Wednesday's editions of the News Tribune.

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treehouse 2 years, 4 months ago

What do you know about these two people? Answer: not much.

He could have been tormenting her, beating her for years... or not, you don't know. Give it a rest.

Bucky 2 years, 4 months ago

One thing we know for certain: that will be her defense (she was abused) as her lawyer drags her victim's name through the mud in pursuit of an acquittal.

TheRickster 2 years, 4 months ago

When this article first posted I stated the wife did it and the Tribune deleted it..I must be smarter than you thought or I do know what I am talking about. A thing called gun powder residue test.. I believe she had some.

online_editor 2 years, 4 months ago

We try to delete comments that make accusations that go beyond what has been publicly reported at that time. We have no way to confirm that such comments are not libelous, and by discouraging that type of post in general, we hope to discourage abuse of the forum by people who would maliciously target someone with false accusations. Hope that sheds some light on the issue. --Rick Brown, online editor, News Tribune

csnellen 2 years, 4 months ago

Rickster - maybe the Tribune goes by that old-fashioned idea of innocent until proved guilty.

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