US EditionMan Stages Girlfriend’s Death as Suicide After He Sees Her Text_ IL Officials Say
SOUTH PEORIA, ILLINOIS, JUL 9 – Nathaniel Archuleta admitted to killing Mary Halcomb after discovering she was texting another man and was sentenced to 45 years without parole, Peoria County officials said.
- Nathaniel Archuleta, a 19-year-old man from Peoria, Illinois, pleaded guilty in 2024 to killing his girlfriend Mary Halcomb and staging the scene as a suicide.
- Police responded on September 6, 2024, to a call about a woman who allegedly shot herself and found Halcomb lying in a pool of blood with a gun in her hand.
- Investigators discovered a blood trail from a downstairs bedroom to the landing, autopsy indicated the gun was fired two to three feet away, and Archuleta gave conflicting accounts to police of her death.
- Archuleta admitted to an inmate that he shot Halcomb after catching her texting another man, and prosecutors described the staged suicide and the family's ongoing suffering.
- Archuleta received a 45-year prison sentence without parole as part of a plea deal, while Halcomb's loved ones called his actions selfish and demanded justice.
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Man stages girlfriend’s death as suicide after he sees her text, IL officials say
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