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- After digging into his background, they found a clear motive. He was in severe debt, owing hundreds of thousands of dollars. The fact he admitted he videotaped all his belongings for insurance reasons in case of a fire also raised red flags. While police continued their investigation, they also looked into the strange way his first wife died.
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Dec 16, 2020 · When a second autopsy revealed injuries not found in the first examination, Meg’s death was ruled a homicide. Scott Purk was arrested, tried and convicted of his first wife’s murder and sentenced to life in prison. Mifflin said the exhumation was key to securing Purk’s conviction.
Jan 31, 2021 · On the morning of March 18, 1985, Scott Purk called emergency services to his Akron, Ohio home, claiming his wife had tried to kill herself. When emergency responders arrived at the scene, they found 24-years-old Meg Purk, who was 9 months pregnant, laying at the base of her stairs with a rope around her neck.
Feb 27, 2020 · Case unraveled for Scott Purk. Purk, 62, is currently serving a life sentence in Pickaway Correctional Institution after a jury convicted him in 2015 of murder and felony tampering with evidence in the death of Margaret Purk.
Aug 16, 2022 · After a six-day trial, the jury found Scott Purk guilty of murdering his Margaret Purk in 1985. He was sentenced to eighteen years to life in prison, to run consecutively to his arson sentence. As of 2020, Scott Purk was serving his sentence at Pickaway Correctional Center in Ohio.
Sep 21, 2022 · The outlet reported that Scott Purk brought up his wife’s death to investigators in March 2009 when they responded to reports of a fire at his home, and that drew suspicion back to a closed...
Dec 16, 2020 · March 19, 1985: The death of Margaret Anne Purk at her Akron apartment is ruled a suicide. She is 8½ months pregnant. The fetus does not survive. May 12, 1986: Scott Purk is identified as the so-called “Ninja Burglar” and found guilty of multiple counts of aggravated burglary. He serves seven years and is paroled in1993.
Oct 16, 2022 · It was revealed that Scott had killed Margaret by putting his knee against her back to hold her in place and then yanking the belt he had wrapped around her neck until she was almost dead.
