Supreme Court won’t hear Hoerig’s ‘sudden passion’ defense for husband’s murder in Newton Falls

WASHINGTON - The US Supreme Court announced it has refused to hear the appeal of Claudia Hoerig; a woman convicted of aggravated murder for the 2007 shooting death of her Air Force officer husband, Major Karl Hoerig, at their Newton Falls home.

The court denied Hoerig’s petition for what’s known as a writ of certiorari, a move that lets the lower court ruling stand.

Hoerig, 56, is serving a life sentence for the death of her husband at their Newton Falls home.

The case began in March 2007, when Karl Hoerig was found shot three times in his home, his body covered with a tarp. Investigators identified his wife, Hoerig, as the suspect after she emptied a bank account and fled to her native Brazil.

After a long legal effort and nearly 11 years as a fugitive, she was returned to Ohio in Ja