Also posted on Beyond the Blackboard
Richard Overton, who was convicted of poisioning his wife, Jan, in 1988, has passed away at a hospice, where he was moved while serving a life prison term. He was 81. Jan was a trustee for the Capistrano Unified School District at the time.
Janet Overton was taking her son, Eric, on a whale-watching trip when she collapsed and died in the driveway of their Dana Point home.
The trial centered on jealousies and read like a dime-store novel, which it ultimately became.
Eric Overton and his wife, Gia, are friends of mine. As salacious as the story is, there's still some loss there.
