An 80-year-old man, Larry Manthe, is facing a jury trial for the first-degree intentional homicide of his 76-year-old girlfriend, Alice Langer, in Columbia County. Manthe is accused of staging Langer's death as a suicide in 2022. Authorities say there were inconsistencies in the scene, including the gunshot wound location and the presence of gunpowder stippling, which led them to suspect foul play.
A jury trial begins Monday for the man accused of staging his long-time girlfriend's death as a suicide in Columbia County.80-year-old Larry Manthe is charged with first-degree intentional homicide in the death of 76-year-old Alice Langer of the Town of Wyocena back in 2022.
The sheriff's office says Manthe and Langer were in a long-term relationship at the time of Langer's death and she was intending to end the relationship and move out of the home. Langer's family told deputies they hadn't heard from her in over 15 hours. When deputies responded to Langer's home, they found her dead inside with a gunshot wound to the head.According to the criminal complaint, the sergeant on the scene found Langer in the shower with a handgun on her lap and a gunshot wound to the left side of her head.
Langer's family also say she was right-handed although, the gunshot wound was to the left side of her head.Mother shoots, kills daughter during altercation in NC: policeMan sentenced to 130 years in prison in girls' murders in Delphi, IN
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