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Sports nutritionist Doug Grant was convicted of manslaughter in the bathtub-drowning death of his wife, Faylene, by a Maricopa County Superior Court jury a few minutes ago.
The so-called Mormon murder case (Doug and Faylene Grant, pictured, were members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints) went to the jury Thursday, March 5.
Grant originally was indicted on one count of premeditated first-degree murder in the mysterious 2001 death of his wife, but prosecutor Juan Martinez threw a curve at the defense team late in the trial when he asked the judge to allow the jury to consider lesser charges — specifically second-degree murder and manslaughter.
Grant’s defense attorney, Mel McDonald, fought hard against the inclusion of the lesser charges, but Martinez won out.
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More to come on the conviction — which could carry a maximum sentence of 21 years in prison, if the jury finds there were aggravated circumstances — when we know it.
