| 1/1/1977 |
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Michele Somers meets Martin MacNeill in Mission Viego, Calif. They elope after a few months of dating. |
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Elopement Courtesy photo: Michele and Martin MacNeill in an undated family photo. |
| 4/3/2007 |
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After three decades of marriage to Martin MacNeill, with whom she had eight children, Michele MacNeill undergoes an upper, middle and lower facelift performed by Layton plastic surgeon, Scott Thompson. Thompson testified at a preliminary hearing that Martin MacNeill requested, that in addition to the normal regimen of prescription drugs, his wife also be given a prescription of the painkiller Percocet, and Valium, for anxiety.
"In this case, because of the fact that Martin was a physician, I was more willing to give more extra medications that I normally would have," Thompson testified last year at a preliminary hearing. |
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Plastic surgery |
| 8/26/2012 |
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Martin MacNeill is charged in 4th District Court with murder and obstructing justice in the death of Michele MacNeill. |
http://www.sltrib.com/sltrib/news/54788181-78/macneill-martin-michele-wife.html.csp |
Murder charges  Al Hartmann, The Salt Lake Tribune: Martin MacNeill |
| 4/4/2007 |
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Michele MacNeill is released to go home after surgery. Daughter Alexis Somers told Utah County Attorney's Office investigators that she had planned to care for her mother while on spring break from medical school. Her father, however, told her that he would take care of Michele MacNeill that night. |
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Recovery |
| 1/14/2009 |
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Federal charges are filed against Martin MacNeill and Gypsy Willis. The couple obtained false military identifications and a Utah state identification card for Willis, using the identity of one of MacNeill's adopted daughters. They were both sentenced to federal prison. |
http://www.sltrib.com/news/ci_13413795 |
Prison sentences for identity theft |
| 4/5/2007 |
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Somers finds her mother unresponsive in the morning, according to preliminary hearing testimony. Somers testified that her mother was very sedated, and she could not wake her up. When she asked her father why her mother wouldn't wake up, he admitted that he may have overmedicated her.
Somers said that when her mother woke up later that evening, she was fearful.
"She said, 'Alexis, I don't know why, but your dad kept giving me pills, giving me medication,'" Somers testified. "'I started to throw up and he kept giving me pills, saying take this, take this.'" |
http://www.sltrib.com/sltrib/mobilemobileopinion/55031113-82/macneill-somers-death-medication.html.csp |
Overmedicated |
| 4/19/2007 |
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Gypsy Willis is hired as the MacNeill nanny, and moves into MacNeill's Pleasant Grove home. |
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Mistress hired as the nanny |
| 4/6/2007 |
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Michele MacNeill continues healing from her surgery. She confronts her husband about her suspicions that he had been having an affair, according to investigators. |
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Affair suspicions |
| 3/3/2011 |
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Gypsy Willis is released from federal prison |
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Gypsy Willis released |
| 4/10/2007 |
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Michele MacNeill visits the plastic surgeon for a check-up, and is told she is healing well. |
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Check-up |
| 9/30/2013 |
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A judge rules that cameras may be allowed in the courtroom during the six-week trial of MacNeill. |
http://www.sltrib.com/sltrib/news/56940300-78/macneill-trial-judge-cameras.html.csp |
Broadcasting trial coverage |
| 4/11/2007 |
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Daughter Ada MacNeill, then 6, discovers Michele MacNeill in a bathtub, her eyes open and not moving, wearing a track suit, according to preliminary hearing testimony. Martin MacNeill told his daughter to go to the neighbors to get help, while he called 911.
But in a recording of the 911 call, Martin MacNeill's words are nearly inaudible as he screamed at the dispatcher for help. He gave an incorrect address and hung up on the dispatcher twice. Prosecutors believe Martin MacNeill lied to the dispatcher about performing resuscitation, and lied to police about events surrounding his wife's death in an effort to hinder, delay or prevent any investigation. |
http://www.sltrib.com/sltrib/news/55011619-78/macneill-martin-michele-death.html.csp |
The 911 call |
| 1/1/2008 |
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After persistence from Michele MacNeill's sister and adult daughters, the Utah County Attorney's Office begins investigating the woman's death. |
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Investigation begins |
| 4/12/2007 |
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An autopsy of Michele MacNeill's body is conducted. Her manner of death was ruled "natural," the result of "chronic hypertension and myocarditis, which are capable of causing acute unexpected arrhythmia and sudden death." |
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Autopsy |
| 10/6/2010 |
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At the probing of Utah County Attorney's Office investigators, Michele MacNeill's autopsy is re-examined. Her manner of death was changed to "undetermined," and attributed to heart disease and drug toxicity. |
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Autopsy re-examined |
| 4/14/2007 |
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A funeral is held for Michele MacNeill. |
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Funeral |
| 7/6/2012 |
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Martin MacNeill is released from federal prison. |
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Martin MacNeill released |
| 4/15/2007 |
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Linda Cluff, Michele MacNeill's sister, goes to Pleasant Grove police, suspecting foul play in her sister's death, according to Cluff's blog. She wrote that police did not take her seriously, especially after receiving the autopsy that ruled Michele MacNeill's death as natural. |
http://www.martinmacneill.info/ |
Suspicions of foul play |
| 10/5/2012 |
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Prosecutors present evidence at a preliminary hearing. Fourth District Judge Samuel McVey finds probable cause that a crime was committed, and binds Martin MacNeill over for trial. |
http://sltrib.com/sltrib/news/55065244-78/macneill-death-wife-michele.html.csp |
Preliminary hearing  Scott Winterton, pool photo: Jill Harper-Smith, Linda Cluff, Alexis Somers and Rachel MacNeill hold up photos of Michele MacNeill facing Martin Joseph MacNeill as he makes his initial court appearance. |
| 4/18/2007 |
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The MacNeill's older daughter, Rachel MacNeill, meets Gypsy Willis, her father's alleged mistress, for the first time, according to preliminary hearing testimony. Rachel MacNeill testified that she had gone to the American Fork LDS temple with her father to pray about hiring a nanny, when a woman interrupted them, and introduced herself as "Jillian." Willis testified at the preliminary hearing that the meeting was a ruse to meet the MacNeill children without the pretext of being Martin MacNeill's mistress. |
http://www.sltrib.com/sltrib/news/55057159-78/macneill-willis-death-michele.html.csp |
MacNeill's mistress Mark Johnston, Daily Herald: Gypsy Willis |
| 10/15/2013 |
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Jury selection begins for Martin MacNeill's five-week trial. Testimony is scheduled to begin on Thursday, Oct. 17. |
http://www.sltrib.com/sltrib/news/56987384-78/macneill-michele-martin-cluff.html.csp |
Jury selection begins |
