A Missouri woman is facing charges in connection to her husband’s death after she claimed an intruder broke into their home and shot him.
Melanie Biggins, 40, of Kansas City “has been charged in the fatal shooting on Wednesday of her husband who was shot in his bed,” the Jackson Prosecutor’s Office announced in a release on Friday.
Biggins is facing charges of first-degree murder and armed criminal action.
Prosecutors said that officers from the Kansas City Police Department were called about a shooting on the 1700 block of Gillespie on Aug. 31. Upon arrival at the scene, Biggins was found performing CPR on her husband. She is now charged with first-degree murder and armed criminal action.
Authorities said, “Biggins claimed she heard the gunshot when she and the victim were sleeping in their bed. She said once she sat up, there was blood on her arm, causing her to go to McEwan and turn on a light. That’s when she said she saw that McEwan had been shot beneath his chin and she called police right away, performing CPR until officers came.”
However, authorities added that two witnesses came forward and said they saw Biggins sitting on a couch downstairs after the gunshot went off, adding that she looked as if she had seen a ghost.
Biggins also told authorities that her husband’s rifle was the only weapon in their home before confessing that she bought a gun from a pawn shop.
Biggins first alleged after she heard the gunshot, she went downstairs and the front door was open. She said she did not see who fired the shot.
Police added that while at the home, they discovered a pillow and blanket that was on the floor, each with a bullet hole. A .38 Special handgun case was found in a closet while a purple and black .38 Special handgun was seized from underneath a bunk bed in another room.
After talking to police, Biggins confessed that she had been having an affair for the last year and a half of her 9 year marriage. She also said she wanted to end her marriage, but she didn’t have the money.
The death was initially said to be suspicious before investigators confirmed it was a homicide.
The Jackson County Medical Examiner’s Office also confirmed McEwan was fatally shot in the back of his head.
