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An Army reservist - who murdered his wife and told cops it was suicide - used her life insurance money to buy a life-sized sex doll worth $2,000.
Colby Trickle, of Hays, Kansas, was convicted last year of his wife Kristen Trickle and was sentenced in November to life in prison without the possibility of parole.
Prosecutors say that Trickle 'feloniously and intentionally with premeditation' shot his wife in the head with a revolver before lying to investigators that she did it herself.
The incident happened on Halloween morning in 2019, with CBS recently uncovering that Trickle cashed in on insurance policies totaling more than $120,000.
Investigators say he then spent $2,000 on a life-size sex doll just two days after he received the payout.
Colby Trickle, of Hays, Kansas, was convicted last year of his wife Kristen Trickle, pictured here
Prosecutors say that Trickle, seen here, 'feloniously and intentionally with premeditation' shot his wife in the head with a revolver before lying to investigators that she did it herself
Detective Joshua 'JB' Burkholder told 48 Hours: 'There's a mourning process that I think everyone needs to go through, should go through when a loved one dies.
'To have him ordering this type of doll just months after his wife's death was concerning.'
Kristen's aunt Delynn Rice told the outlet: 'I was just appalled that he would use Kristen's life insurance money for a sex doll.
'It just was like he bought a replacement of her with her money.'
According to 48 Hours, Trickle went on to spend all of the $120,000 insurance money in around eight months.
As well as the sex doll, he also spent thousands on video games, paying off debts, and buying music equipment with the hope of becoming a performer.
Trickle went two years without being arrested after a coroner ruled the death as a suicide. Despite that ruling, investigators continued to
