Dr. Eric Scott Sills was found to have staged his wife’s body to make it look like she died in a fall down the stairs at their San Clemente home.
During Dr. Sills’ sentencing hearing on Friday in a Santa Ana courtroom, Susann Sills’ family members remembered her as a “dynamic person” who was filled with hopes and dreams.
“When she died it was like reading a novel and right when it starts getting good there is nothing but a blank page,” Gaulden said. “I just want as much as the law of California can do to give a sentence that is commensurate as much as possible with the life sentence we are all suffering.” On the morning of Nov. 12, 2016, Dr. Sills called 911, saying he and his daughter had woken up to find his wife’s injured body at the bottom of the stairs.Pathologists and investigators suspected that Susann Sills’ extensive injuries — particularly marks on her neck — didn’t match up to such a fall. Investigators also said they believed that Dr. Sills appeared detached during the 911 call and seemed to avoid performing CPR on his wife despite the urging of the dispatcher.
No specific motive for the killing was identified during the trial. Walker, however, pointed to several signs in the Sills’ marriage. The defense attorney argued that the marks on Susann Sills’ neck that were cited by the prosecution as proof of her strangling could have been caused by the family’s two large dogs pulling on a scarf she was wearing while she lay slumped unconscious after a fall.
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