American Monster

The murder of Toni Henthorn

The death of Toni Henthorn in an apparent hiking accident in the Rocky Mountain National Park in 2012. Her husband Harold claimed she had slipped and fallen from a cliff ledge. He stood to gain $4.5million in life insurance from the death, and three years later evidence was assembled to convict him of murder. The conviction also raised questions about his possible involvement in the mysterious death of his first wife