Michael MacKay told police officers that his wife Cindy probably died by suicide.

Cindy MacKay started having painful muscle contractions, stopped breathing and went into cardiac arrest after ingesting a Gatorade laced with strychnine. Cindy was removed from life support on Feb. 12, 2020.

According to reports in December 2019, Michael told a close female friend he would need a place to “lie low” come February 2020. Michael had begun an intimate relationship with a woman he met on a site. The woman texted him inquiring about Cindy’s health, on February 6, 2020, to which his response was “goodbye will likely be in the next few days.”

A year later Michael MacKay was charged with first-degree murder and was released from custody. Michael pleaded guilty to second-degree murder on November 21st 2023. Michael MacKay sentenced to life in prison with no chance of parole for 10 years