Nigerian woman accused of killing American husband over insurance

44 year old Nigerian woman, Uloma Walker-Curry pictured left has been indicted in the murder of her 45 year old husband, Lt. William Walker. According to Cleveland court papers, Uloma was found guilty of conspiring with a group of young men to kill her husband so she could collect his life insurance policy and cover up financial fraud she committed in her husband’s name.

Prosecutors at the court proceedings on Monday September 14th, told the court that investigations by the police indicted Uloma for aggravated murder, conspiracy and felonious assault charges in the November 2013 killing of her husband Lt. Walker, who was shot to death in the driveway of his Cleveland home.

Uloma, according to prosecutors, contracted the assassination of her husband to Chad Padgett, 21 who then recruited his cousin Christopher Hein, 22, and Ryan Dorty, 23. The trio were also indicted on the same charges.

Cleveland homicide detectives initially followed leads provided by Uloma that neighborhood drug dealers might have killed her husband to stop him from complaining about them. But a Crime Stoppers tip and cellphone technology, including text messages, led detectives to investigate Uloma who was arrested last week, prosecutors said. Uloma is expected to be arraigned tomorrow Thursday September 17th in Cleveland Municipal Court.