A judge in Wyoming sentenced a 75-year-old Missouri woman to life in prison on Monday for killing her husband with a rifle in the mid-1970s and throwing his body down the shaft of an abandoned gold mine, where it remained for nearly 40 years. Defendant Alice Uden wore wire glasses, a court-supplied hearing aid and a blue suit, and sat quietly in her wheelchair before speaking at the hearing. She sobbed gently as she addressed the court about the death of her third husband, Ronald Holtz, then 25. "I've tried to atone for it," Uden said. "I wish that I never...
- 8/26/2014
- by Associated Press
- PEOPLE.com
A judge in Wyoming sentenced a 75-year-old Missouri woman to life in prison on Monday for killing her husband with a rifle in the mid-1970s and throwing his body down the shaft of an abandoned gold mine, where it remained for nearly 40 years. Defendant Alice Uden wore wire glasses, a court-supplied hearing aid and a blue suit, and sat quietly in her wheelchair before speaking at the hearing. She sobbed gently as she addressed the court about the death of her third husband, Ronald Holtz, then 25. "I've tried to atone for it," Uden said. "I wish that I never...
- 8/26/2014
- by Associated Press
- PEOPLE.com
Alice Uden was convicted of second-degree murder Thursday in Wyoming, setting up the 75-year-old grandmother to spend the rest of her life in prison for killing her third husband four decades ago. The jury reached its verdict without hearing testimony that Uden's current husband, Gerald Uden, confessed last year to murdering his ex-wife and their two young boys in 1980, also with a .22-caliber rifle. During the weeklong trial, Uden, who is frail and uses a wheelchair, spent two days on the stand testifying that she shot Ronald Holtz, a 25-year-old Vietnam veteran, to defend her 2-year-old daughter Erica when Holtz...
- 5/8/2014
- by Howard Breuer
- PEOPLE.com
For decades, Todd Scott says, he was haunted by a terrible secret. His mother, Alice Uden, told him that back in the 1970s she killed her third husband, 25-year-old Ronald Holtz, as he slept. "She just, out of the blue, told me how she got up one night, got a .22, and shot Ron in the head," Scott, now 53, tearfully told a Wyoming jury last week, adding, "I don't know why a mother would tell her children she killed somebody." After his testimony, Scott turned to Uden, now 75 and wheelchair-bound, and said, "I hate you," reports West Texas CBS affiliate Kosa.
- 5/7/2014
- by Howard Breuer
- PEOPLE.com
For decades, Todd Scott says, he was haunted by a terrible secret. His mother, Alice Uden, told him that back in the 1970s she killed her third husband, 25-year-old Ronald Holtz, as he slept. "She just, out of the blue, told me how she got up one night, got a .22, and shot Ron in the head," Scott, now 53, tearfully told a Wyoming jury last week, adding, "I don't know why a mother would tell her children she killed somebody." After his testimony, Scott turned to Uden, now 75 and wheelchair-bound, and said, "I hate you," reports West Texas CBS affiliate Kosa.
- 5/7/2014
- by Howard Breuer
- PEOPLE.com
Lucy Lawless will guest star on "Parks & Recreation."
"I am so thrilled to work with the #ParksandRecreation crew," Lawless tweeted. "I am always amazed by the Acting and writing. It's kooky, ironic and elegant."
According to NBC, the former "Xena: Warrior Princess" star will play a single mom in Pawnee on the NBC comedy and is currently scheduled to appear in two episodes of Season 5. In her story arc, Ron (Nick Offerman) and Andy (Chris Pratt) are dispatched to help her and sparks fly between Lawless' character and Ron. USA Today reports Lawless' character, Diane, will make her first appearance in the Thurs., Oct. 4 episode.
In February, Lawless told The Huffington Post she'd love to guest star on "Parks & Recreation." In fact, she almost played one of Ron Swanson's (Nick Offerman) ex-wives, Tammy.
"I couldn't because I was doing 'Spartacus.' I would have loved to have done that, but...
"I am so thrilled to work with the #ParksandRecreation crew," Lawless tweeted. "I am always amazed by the Acting and writing. It's kooky, ironic and elegant."
According to NBC, the former "Xena: Warrior Princess" star will play a single mom in Pawnee on the NBC comedy and is currently scheduled to appear in two episodes of Season 5. In her story arc, Ron (Nick Offerman) and Andy (Chris Pratt) are dispatched to help her and sparks fly between Lawless' character and Ron. USA Today reports Lawless' character, Diane, will make her first appearance in the Thurs., Oct. 4 episode.
In February, Lawless told The Huffington Post she'd love to guest star on "Parks & Recreation." In fact, she almost played one of Ron Swanson's (Nick Offerman) ex-wives, Tammy.
"I couldn't because I was doing 'Spartacus.' I would have loved to have done that, but...
- 8/15/2012
- by Chris Harnick
- Huffington Post
Look for some new blood to check in to ABC's "666 Park Avenue" as both Enrique Murciano ("Without a Trace", "CSI", "NCIS") and Wendy Moniz ("One Life to Live", "Guiding Light", "Damages") have landed multi-episode arcs on the new series.
Per TV Guide, Murciano will play Dr. Todd Scott, a handsome young surgeon living at The Drake. He unwittingly drives a wedge between Louise (Mercedes Masohn) and Brian (Robert Buckley) when he calls in a few prescriptions for and makes some neighborly house calls to a recovering Louise. Naturally, like the other residents of The Drake, Dr. Scott will be battling some hidden demons of his own. He'll first appear in the fifth episode.
Moniz will play Ingrid, the therapist of Drake resident Nona (Samantha Jade Logan). Despite Nona's resistance to dig deep in their sessions, Ingrid shows a genuine concern for her young patient and hopes that if Nona cannot trust her,...
Per TV Guide, Murciano will play Dr. Todd Scott, a handsome young surgeon living at The Drake. He unwittingly drives a wedge between Louise (Mercedes Masohn) and Brian (Robert Buckley) when he calls in a few prescriptions for and makes some neighborly house calls to a recovering Louise. Naturally, like the other residents of The Drake, Dr. Scott will be battling some hidden demons of his own. He'll first appear in the fifth episode.
Moniz will play Ingrid, the therapist of Drake resident Nona (Samantha Jade Logan). Despite Nona's resistance to dig deep in their sessions, Ingrid shows a genuine concern for her young patient and hopes that if Nona cannot trust her,...
- 8/15/2012
- by The Woman In Black
- DreadCentral.com
Enrique Murciano (Without a Trace) has won a role on ABC's new drama 666 Park Avenue. Terry O'Quinn (Lost) and Vanessa Williams (Desperate Housewives) star in the upcoming thriller as owners of haunted apartment building The Drake. Murciano will debut in the fifth episode as Dr. Todd Scott, a surgeon who takes up residence at The Drake, TV Guide reports. One Life to Live actress Wendy Moniz will also appear in multiple 666 Park Avenue episodes as a therapist named Ingrid, who treats fellow Drake resident Nona (Samantha Jade Logan). The character will debut in episode (more)...
- 8/15/2012
- by By Morgan Jeffery
- Digital Spy
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