Talk:Murder of Michele MacNeill

Merge Michele MacNeill's article / Move to Murder of Michele MacNeill

From the AfD discussion for this article, it was determined to keep the Martin MacNeill article, merge the Michele Marie Somers into his article, and rename it Murder of Michele MacNeill.

Just a couple of comments as I go along:

• There were two sets of names of meds that were found in Michele's body per the toxicology report. Based on the info in the articles with alternate names, I matched the meds up and put one set in parenthesis.
• I am removing red links to the articles about the women Martin had affairs with. Since the conclusion is that it is the event that is notable, and not the people--it doesn't seem that it would make sense to have articles about the women who had affairs with Martin.
• The following doesn't seem like a notable item for the article:

In December 2010, the Deseret News published a report "detailing why some [people] believe that [Martin] MacNeill may have killed his wife, Michele."<ref name="Deseret News Report">{{cite web | url=http://www.deseretnews.com/article/700088382/Martin-MacNeill-Was-his-wife-Micheles-death-accidental-or-was-it-murder.html?pg=all | title=Martin MacNeill: Was his wife Michele's death accidental or was it murder? | publisher=Deseret News | date=December 4, 2010 | accessdate=September 20, 2014}}</ref>

• Because the subject of the article is the murder of Michele, I added a line at the end of the murder trial (just after suicide attempt) that Martin had been found guilty of sexual abuse... and put the detail in a note.
• Persondata is updated, but does it still apply?
• Categories are updated

In other words, I'm just explaining somethings that have come up during the merger--and others might have a different approach.--CaroleHenson (talk) 19:04, 28 September 2014 (UTC)

Suggestion

The relatively minor sentences seem worthy of comment. One to 15 years for forceable rape of a child seems low for a conservative state. The same for a premeditated murder - this would be on the low side for a liberal state. The firing squad (or life in a mental institution ) but maybe Utah has a doctor exemption - my state does (we have never executed anyone with an income above the poverty line). 73.149.116.253 (talk) 00:18, 7 April 2015 (UTC)

Do you have wording and a source, as it specifically related to Michele MacNeill's murder?--CaroleHenson (talk) 00:36, 7 April 2015 (UTC)

A word about Alexis's surname

I noticed that Alexis Somers had surname that matches her mother's maiden surname. I looked around the web and learned that it's apparently deliberate; Alexis, instead of using husband's surname, took the Somers surname:

https://books.google.com/books/about/The_Stranger_She_Loved.html?id=k5HCBgAAQBAJ Carlm0404 (talk) 01:53, 4 April 2020 (UTC)

That is at top of that book's page 223. Carlm0404 (talk) 02:00, 4 April 2020 (UTC)

And let me mix in some "original research" (do I understand that term?): Alexis' married surname would have been Doxie. Her husband was also a doctor and I guess two Doctors Doxie would have caused confusion. There is the situation of a woman keeping maiden name for professional reasons; for Alexis, this would have meant using surname MacNeill, which she did not want. Thus, she took the maiden surname of her mother. Carlm0404 (talk) 02:18, 4 April 2020 (UTC)