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Sep 15, 2009 8:55 am US/Pacific

Man Convicted Of Killing Wife For Life Insurance

RIVERSIDE, Calif. (AP) ―

Click to enlarge 1 of 1: Kelle Lee Jarka, a Murrieta man, was convicted of murdering his wife in an effort to collect $1.3 million from life insurance policies.
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Jurors have convicted a debt-ridden Riverside County man for killing his wife in an effort to collect $1.3 million from life insurance policies.

Kelle Lee Jarka was found guilty of first-degree murder for financial gain by a jury that began deliberations in a French Valley courtroom late Friday and reached verdicts before noon Monday.

Testimony showed the 41-year-old Murrieta man was "drowning in debt" and he took out several life insurance policies on his 40-year-old wife Isabelle weeks before the killing.

She was bludgeoned in the couple's bedroom in April 28.