The black widow murder case gripped Las Vegas when it hit the courts nearly 20 years ago.
The story revolved around Margaret Rudin, accused of shooting her husband, Ronald, as he slept, decapitating him and burning his body in the desert near Lake Mohave.
Rudin has served 14 years, but earlier this month, the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals in San Francisco ruled that her argument for a new trial must be heard.
Even the man who prosecuted Rudin, former Clark County District Attorney Gary Guyman, stands by the case he made that Rudin murdered her husband. But Guyman believes the Rudin case should get another look. His reasoning: her defense attorneys did a poor job.
Michael Fleeman wrote a book about the Black Widow murder called, If I Die: A True Story of Obsessive Love, Uncontrollable Greed, and Murder.
Fleeman tells KNPR's State of Nevada, "There’s a shadow over this case and I think there always will be unless she’s tried again.”
We talk with Fleeman and Gary Guyman about the unresolved questions surrounding the Black Widow murder.
Michael Fleeman, author, If I Die: A True Story of Obsessive Love, Uncontrollable Greed, and Murder; Gary Guyman, former attorney, Clark County District Attorney Office
