May 7, 2005

Couple Faked Death With Stolen Corpse

GEORGETOWN, Texas (AP) -- Molly Daniels spent weeks surfing the Internet, gathering information for a bizarre and grisly plot of deception. She learned how to burn a human body beyond recognition. She sought clues on ways to deceive arson investigators, and took meticulous steps to create a new identity for her husband.

Daniels then dug up a woman's corpse, staged a fiery car accident to fake her husband's death, and had him re-emerge as her new boyfriend. Authorities say it was all to collect a $110,000 life insurance policy while hiding her husband, Clayton Daniels, from the cops.

Molly Daniels pleaded guilty this past week to felony charges of insurance fraud and hindering apprehension, and was sentenced to the maximum 20 years in prison. "This was a ghoulish, horrific crime," prosecutor Jane Starnes at the sentencing hearing Thursday.

Molly Daniels, 22, insisted the plan wasn't motivated by greed, but rather was a desperate attempt to keep her husband out of prison stemming from a sexual assault charge. "It was about keeping our family together," she tearfully told jurors.

People never cease to amaze me. Details here from the AP via the New York Times.

Posted by John at May 7, 2005 3:59 PM
Comments

This message is for those of you who obviously don't know Molly and who are stupid enough to read the media's bull**** and believe everything you read. I know Molly personally and Yes what she did was wronge, I am not contesting that.....BUT, she is a wonderful PERSON and was in love. She was desperate to help her mate and was scared. She did what she did at all cost to keep him from prison for something he did when he was UNDER 18 years old (no one mentions that part) also the charges were even dropped at one point. But she did not do it out of greed nor for any money she did it for love. I am not saying what she did was right but you people got her all wrong too. She didn't even collect for the insurance till 4 months AFTER his assumed death and only did so due to a suggestion by someone else which was intended to make it look good. She didn't give a damn about the money...rather she justed wanted to save her man...HOW MANY OF YOU HAVE DONE **** FOR LOVE BUT JUST DIDN'T GET CAUGHT, HUH? And by the way she wasn't the one who dug up the body...she only did the paperwork and research, Molly could never bring herself to do it. Molly is one of the bested people I know and has the softest heart I know. I love her she is like a sister to me. Had the idea been brought to her before she feel in love she would never even think she'd be capible of even devising such a plan but it is just like they say...LOVE...it makes you do some crazy things. I love you Molly. So don't be so shallow and look at the BIG PICTURE not just at the little words in a newspaper or website made up of stuff the media puts together. We all know that they put forth stuff that will keep you reading, and at all costs as well...even at the expence of someones life. They are not going to tell you about the person, the Molly we know. So don't talk about her, pray for her. Pray for her children. And be careful what you read...Dummy!

Posted by: Jennifer (Slaughter) Lee Williams at February 2, 2006 4:26 PM

Well, I saw the articel on Molly, then I saw this message from her personal champion. I am tired of hearing about and reading about people who are completly void of common sense doing things like this. BLAH BLAH BLAH, she did it for love? If they were having issues with her husbands past, why didn't they just move? Or wait....were they plannng on doing that AFTER getting the money? Do not try to tell me (in your poor attempt at using proper grammar, and spelling) that the money was not an issue. If it wasn't they could of just left. She made a new identity for her husband, and brought him back as her boyfriend? Well there was an awful lot of planning involved in this scheme; so my thoughts are that she either knew what she was doing, and had no problems doing it, OR her husband was pulling the strings and having her set things up so that she would take the fall. Either way, she made the mistakes, she made her choices, at any time she could of stopped. I do feel sorry for her children, if she has any. They are going to grow up knowing that their mother had no morlas, or values, and how will they turn out themselves?

Posted by: Michele at April 13, 2006 3:22 PM

WHAT HAVE YOU DONE FOR LOVE?SCARY TO THINK!JENNIFER

Posted by: tracie jares at May 8, 2006 5:50 PM

Just DON'T do it! I Would never want to put myself in your shoes. I live my Life doing the right thing and WORKING hard.

Posted by: e.c\\ at September 10, 2006 11:33 PM