Natalie Cochran, a West Virginia pharmacist, received life in prison for fatally poisoning her husband with insulin.
Jurors found her guilty of first-degree murder in Raleigh County court. Michael Cochran, her husband, died in 2019. Prosecutors said Natalie used insulin to kill him. She did not want him to find out about her crime; she ran a $2 million Ponzi scheme from 2017 to 2019.
The initial charge against Natalie was dropped, but Michael’s body was re-examined. Dr. Paul Urbie did advanced testing, which showed unprescribed insulin caused death. Urbie said it was a homicide.
Natalie also got 11 years for fraud. She pretended to be a contractor, tricking investors out of millions. She said she owned two businesses with government contracts, but she spent the money on herself, buying a car, property, and jewelry.
Recently, others have been accused of poisoning. A North Dakota woman got 25 years for poisoning her boyfriend to death. A poison specialist was charged in Minnesota for killing his pharmacist wife in August 2023.
A children’s book author was accused of murder in Utah for using fentanyl to poison her husband. A Colorado dentist was arrested for using arsenic and cyanide to poison his wife’s shakes.
