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Guilty verdict for Iowa woman who killed her husband 10 years ago

Published

4 years ago

May 9, 2021

A northeast Iowa jury has convicted a 52-year-old woman of killing her husband at their Delaware County home 10 years ago.

The jury in Clayton County took three hours on Friday to find Revette Sauser guilty of first-degree murder in the 2011 shooting death of Terry Sauser.

Mrs. Sauser had already served nine years of a 40-year prison term after reaching a plea of manslaughter, when the Iowa Supreme Court ruled that the case should be reopened because of a lack of evidence on a kidnapping charge.

Prosecutors said Revette Sauser thought her husband was cheating on her, and shot Terry during a fight.

The defense claimed Mrs. Sauser had a gun in self-defense, and shot her husband by accident.

She will be resentenced in a few weeks.

Brad Williams

A native of Prairie du Chien, Brad graduated from UW - La Crosse and has worked in radio news for more than 30 years, mostly in the La Crosse area. He regularly covers local courts and city and county government. Brad produces the features "Yesterday in La Crosse" and "What's Buried on Brad's Desk." He also writes the website "Triviazoids," which finds odd connections between events that happen on a certain date, and he writes and performs with the local comedy group Heart of La Crosse. Brad been featured on several national TV programs because of his memory skills.