'Center mass shots': Woman claims husband died during struggle over gun but her Google searches suggest otherwise, cops say

A North Carolina pistillate who initially claimed her hubby died by termination is down bars aft her Google searches suggested she murdered him successful acold blood, authorities successful the Tar Heel State say.

Susan "Michelle" Perry, 54, is facing a complaint of first-degree murder successful the decease of her 58-year-old hubby Robert "Joe" Perry successful Huntersville, a Charlotte suburb. Cops responded soon earlier 1 p.m. Nov. 10 to a location successful the 8500 artifact of New Oak Lane, according to a probable origin apprehension affidavit. Officers accidental that erstwhile they arrived, they recovered Susan Perry kneeling connected the floor. A further hunt of the location revealed Robert Perry lying connected the level successful his bureau suffering from a gunshot coiled to the chest.

A firearm was connected a adjacent array with humor droplets surrounding a stool.

Susan Perry reportedly told investigators she heard a "thud" arsenic if her hubby had fallen. She stated she ran to his bureau and saw him lying connected his broadside successful a excavation of blood. She called 911.

As portion of the investigation, detectives downloaded the information connected the couple's phones. Her alleged Google searches were incriminating.

"Michelle's telephone had respective searches regarding however overmuch her husband's wedding ringing is worth, what to bash if your hubby wants divorcement and you person nary money, and Google searched 'center wide shots,'" cops wrote.

Armed with this information, cops reinterviewed her connected Feb. 6, erstwhile she allegedly changed her story. She claimed the nighttime anterior to the shooting, she spoke with her hubby astir a imaginable divorce.

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She said that connected the time successful question, they had an statement that spilled into his office. She said her hubby grabbed a weapon and was sitting connected a stool. He was not pointing it astatine her but she feared helium whitethorn sprout her truthful she grabbed it and a conflict ensued, the affidavit stated.

"She advised portion she was holding the firearm, it went off, striking Joe successful the chest," cops wrote.

Detectives noted the suspect made respective "inconsistent statements" astir however agelong she waited to telephone 911 and wherever she enactment the weapon aft helium was shot. A aesculapian examiner determined the unfortunate was changeable astatine "close" range.

Susan Perry was arrested and placed successful the Mecklenburg County Jail wherever she remains connected $150,000 bond. She's adjacent slated to look successful tribunal connected Feb. 27.