article_snippet: Gissendaner was convicted in a February 1997 murder plot that targeted Gissendaner husband in suburban Atlanta.
article_snippet: Gissendaner was romantically involved with Gregory Owen and conspired with the 43-year-old to have Gissendaner husband, Douglas Gissendaner, killed, according to court testimony.
article_snippet: Gregory Owen wanted Gissendaner to file for a divorce, but Gissendaner was concerned that her husband would "not leave Gissendaner alone if Gissendaner simply divorced her husband," court documents said.
article_snippet: Details of the crime, as laid out at trial and provided by Georgia Attorney General Sam Olens, are as follows: .
article_snippet: Gissendaner and Gregory Owen planned the murder for months.
article_snippet: On February 7, 1997, Gissendaner dropped Gregory Owen off at Gissendaner home, gave Gregory Owen a nightstick and hunting knife, and went out dancing with girlfriends.
article_snippet: Gregory Owen lay in wait until Gregory Owen returned.
article_snippet: When Gissendaner came home around 11:30 p.m., Gregory Owen forced Gregory Owen by knifepoint into a car and drove Gregory Owen to a remote area of Gwinnett County.
article_snippet: There, Gregory Owen ordered Gregory Owen victim into the woods, took Gregory Owen watch and wallet to make it look like a robbery, hit Gregory Owen in the head with the nightstick and stabbed Gissendaner in the neck eight to 10 times.
article_snippet: Gissendaner later checked to make sure Gissendaner husband was dead, then Gregory Owen followed Gissendaner in Gissendaner car to retrieve a can of kerosene that Gissendaner had left for Gregory Owen.
article_snippet: Gregory Owen set Douglas Gissendaner's car on fire in an effort to hide evidence and left the scene with Gissendaner.
article_snippet: Gissendaner and Gregory Owen's story started to unravel after a series of police interviews.
article_snippet: On February 24, Gregory Owen confessed to the killing and implicated Kelly Gissendaner, who was arrested the next day and charged.
article_snippet: While in jail awaiting trial, Gissendaner grew angry when Gissendaner heard that Gregory Owen was to receive a 25-year sentence for Gregory Owen role in the murder.
article_snippet: (Gregory Owen is serving life in prison at a facility in Davisboro, according to Georgia Department of Corrections records.)
article_snippet: Gregory Owen accepted the plea bargain and testified against Gregory Owen former girlfriend.