Husband accused of killing his wife and then staging her death to look like a suicide

Ronald Lowry of Colorado was charged with murder after the death of his estranged wife, Richelle 'Chelle' Lowry, was ruled a homicide, not a suicide - (Arapahoe County Sheriff's Office)

A Colorado man has been indicted on murder and related charges in connection with the death of his estranged wife, more than two years after her body was found in what authorities initially believed was a suicide.

Ronald Lowry, 52, was charged with first-degree murder and multiple other offenses after investigators determined that his estranged wife, Richelle “Chelle” Lowry, 42, did not take her own life, the 18th District Attorney’s office announced Friday. Ronald Lowry was booked into the Morgan County Jail without bond.