Jun 25, 2009 12:24 pm US/Eastern
NYC Fire Marshal's Widow Faces Murder Sentence
Janet Redmond-Mercereau Was Found Guilty In May Of Husband's 2007 Murder
Staten Island Fire Marshal Douglas Mercereau Was Found Shot To Death While He Slept
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Janet Redmond-Mercereau attends her husband's funeral in Dec. 2007 after he was found shot to death in his bed. She was convicted of Douglas Mercereau's murder on May 21, 2009.
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The wife of a Staten Island fire marshal who was found guilty of murdering her husband in his bed while he slept is being sentenced on Thursday.
Janet Redmond-Mercereau, who was dubbed her husband's "executioner" by Staten Island District Attorney Donald Donovan, was found guilty in May for the 2007 murder of Douglas Mercereau.
It's been more than a year since Redmond-Mercerau was charged with the Dec. 2, 2007 murder of Douglas Mercereau, who was shot three times in the head while he lay sleeping in his bed. The gun used in the murder was his own.
Redmond-Mercereau's explanation for what went on that night had prosecutors scratching their heads soon after her husband's death.
"She doesn't know what happened that night," defense attorney Mario Gallucci said in March 2008.
Gallucci claimed the former school teacher and mother of two was innocent.
Donovan said during the two hours between the murder and when 911 was called, Redmond-Mercereau took several showers, washed her clothes and washed the gun used to kill her husband.
"She showered numerous times to take DNA and any forensic evidence off the murder weapon. Shell casings were removed from the scene and put somewhere else in the house," Donovan said.
Redmond-Mercereau now faces 25 years to life in prison.
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