Jury weighs whether cliff death was murder or tragic mishap

The jury of eight women and four men, who will resume deliberations Monday, must decide whether to convict Harold Henthorn, 59, of first-degree murder in the death of his second wife, a wealthy Mississippi native.

Prosecutors also seized on Henthorn's inconsistent accounts of the fatal fall to investigators and his wife's relatives, and said the evidence did not match his shifting stories.

During the trial, prosecutors argued the fatal fall was eerily reminiscent of the death of Harold Henthorn's first wife, Sandra Lynn Henthorn, who was crushed when a car slipped off a jack while they were changing a flat tire in 1995 — several months after their 12th wedding anniversary.

Prosecutors said Harold Henthorn made phony business cards to make it seem like he was a hardworking fundraiser for churches and nonprofits, but investigators found no evidence he had any income from regular employment.