Harold and Toni Henthorn. Courtesy of Remembered.com
By his own account, Harold Arthur Henthorn endured a tragic spell of bad luck spanning two decades.
Two wives died in freak accidents while he alone was present to witness their bone-shattering deaths.
Yet, coincidentally in each case, he reaped riches in life insurance payouts following their untimely deaths.
Federal agents and Douglas County sheriff’s investigators have either obtained criminal charges or are investigating allegations against Henthorn that the deaths were not coincidental but intentional.
The first death of one of Henthorn’s wives happened late at night on May 6, 1995 on an obscure road west of Sedalia in the Rockies.
It was two weeks after she had undergone exploratory surgery.
After a dozen years of marriage, Harold and Sandra, known as “Lynn,” went on a drive in their Jeep into the Rockies on Colorado Highway 67.
The following account is based on numerous witnesses that are contained in hundreds of pages of federal and Douglas County reports.
Harold had been driving that night in 1995 and pulled to the side of the road to tend to a tire.
He roots through the back of his Jeep until he finds his car jack. He realizes that it is damaged. But luckily he had two boat jacks in the vehicle. He decided to use those to prop up his Jeep and change his tire, which was low, but not flat.
Lynn held a flashlight and the lug nuts while Henthorn changed the tire. He warned Toni not to touch the Jeep and to stay at least six feet away from the Jeep while he was changing the tire.
