Manistique, MI – A jury has convicted a man of pushing his wife to her death from a 140-foot-high cliff at Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore. Thomas Richardson was found guilty of first-degree murder Wednesday.
Juanita Richardson, 43, is the only person known to have suffered a fatal fall at Pictured Rocks since it opened in 1972. She died June 22, 2006. Defense attorneys contended her death was an accident. The trial was moved from Alger County, where the lakeshore is located, to neighboring Schoolcraft County. Sentencing is scheduled for May 19.