Michigan Man Sentenced To Life In Prison For Killing Wife By Dosing Her Cereal With Heroin

Man Sentenced To Life In Prison For Killing Wife By Dosing Cereal With Heroin

Jason Harris has been sentenced to life in prison after killing his wife by dosing her cereal with heroin. 

According to Fox 2 Detroit, Harris was found guilty of first-degree murder, solicitation of murder, and delivery of a controlled substance causing death in November, for the loss of his wife, Christina in September 2014. 

“I agree completely with their verdict,” Genesee Circuit Court Judge David J. Newblatt said. “You are guilty. You did this. You are a murderer. You are a liar. I want to make that very clear. The jury saw through your lies and I see through your lies.”

 

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In 2014, Harris made his wife a bowl of cereal that had been laced with heroin. According to trial testimony, he gave her the food on Sept. 28 and she started to have problems holding onto her spoon. He had to then help in getting her into bed and both of them went to sleep.

Harris received $120,000 in life insurance benefits following his wife’s death. It was also shown that he had been talking with several women before and after her overdose death.

“This was a very tragic case and my heart goes out to the family and friends of Christina Harris for their terrible loss,” said Prosecutor Leyton after the verdict was read.

“The circumstances of this case make for a unique story and garner headlines in the media but, at the core of it, a family is mourning the loss of their loved one and, I can only hope that today’s verdict will help them with closure as they continue to grieve and they can feel some sense of comfort in knowing that justice under the law has been served.”