Bernstein v. Rosenthall

BERMAN, Judge.

Bernadine Rosenthal, personal representative of the estate of Ronald Trychta, appeals the trial court’s decision finding Ronald guilty of second degree murder of his wife Gwendolyn and preventing his estate from recovering under his wife’s life insurance policy. We affirm.

Ronald and Gwendolyn Trychta were found dead by sheriff’s officers in their home on December 5, 1979. The coroner concluded from a study of the positions of the bodies, the powder burns, and the type of wounds, that Ronald had killed Gwendolyn with a single gunshot would to the head. He also determined that…