Pianka Trial index

Grace Pianka has been found guilty of the second-degree murder of her husband. Sentencing is May 24.

This static page will display a complete history of the news events surrounding the case, Pianka's first trial as well as her second trial.

Though our online archives don't go back that far, we've updated this page to include .pdfs of our stories from 2006.

For more, visit reporter Doug Murphy's blog here.

Current trial coverage
2008 | 2009
Pianka refused a plea deal
Pianka sentenced to 13 years for killing husband
Pianka to be sentenced Friday
Defendant guilty of second-degree murder
Jury still out in murder case | Video
Defense says 'rush to judgment' | Video
Wife did it, prosecution tells jury | Video
Defendant testfies in own trial | Blog
No decision yet if defendant will testify
'Other woman' lied to police about owning a gun
Jurors must decide ‘What if?'
Emergency call may be pivotal | Video
Mistrial denied in murder trial | Blog
Defendant called death 'accident' | Blog
Parents are most likely insurance beneficiaries | Video | Blog
Defense raises plenty of questions in wife's murder trial | Video
Pianka trial continues with testy testimony | Blog
Pianka trial under way again 
Pianka murder re-trial delayed until January 
Pianka retrial could favor prosecution 

First trial coverage
Summer 2008
Local woman's murder trial underway 
Key witness refuses to appear at murder trial 
Murder case slowly unfolds 
Judge issues warrant for key witness in Pianka trial 
'Other woman' in Pianka murder trial fails to show 
Key witness in Pianka trial not expected to testify 
Prosecution in Pianka trial wraps up case without witness 
Audio: Pianka interview with police 
Audio: 9-1-1 call 
Jury in Pianka case finally hears from witness -- on tape 
Prosecution rests in murder case Tuesday morning 
Pianka testifies in own murder trial: 'I loved him' 
Jury begins deliberations in Pianka trial 
Jury continues to deliberate in murder trial 
Hung jury in Pianka murder trial 

Pre-trial coverage
2007 | 2008
Defense looks to other woman instead of wife in husband's death
Foothills woman's murder trial delayed
No trial yet but plenty of twists in murder case
Judge rules for defense in case of woman who allegedly killed husband
Judge: Affair web site off limits 
Foothills murder trial ready to begin 
Murder trial set to open Tuesday 
Wife's murder trial to begin Tuesday 

News coverage
2006
Husband found dead, wife being questioned
Services for husband set; wife booked for murder
Affair may have set murder in motion
Murder trial set for September
Pianka searched for 'other woman'
Autopsy report: Husband shot 4 times
Pianka case slowed by lack of info
Pianka defense team gets help
Defense to look at girlfriend in murder case

Updated 10:36 a.m., 2009-04-28