▁use ▁of ▁m eth ▁st olen ▁from ▁the ▁drug ▁lab . ▁Def ense ▁att or ne ys ▁argued ▁that ▁de ▁Vill ers ▁was ▁suic idal ▁and ▁poison ed ▁himself . ▁Ros sum ’ s ▁brother - in - law , ▁Jer ome ▁de ▁Vill ers , ▁test ified ▁that ▁it ▁was ▁difficult ▁to ▁believe ▁his ▁brother ▁had ▁committed ▁suic ide ▁because ▁he ▁h ated ▁dru gs . ▁The ▁ 9 - 1 - 1 ▁t ape ▁played ▁in ▁court ▁appeared ▁to ▁indicate ▁Ros sum ▁was ▁admin ister ing ▁C PR ▁to ▁her ▁husband . ▁According ▁to ▁her ▁V ons ▁card ▁history , ▁she ▁had ▁purchased ▁the ▁rose ▁used ▁to ▁stage ▁de ▁Vill ers ' ▁body , ▁which ▁pro sec utors ▁claimed ▁was ▁copied ▁from ▁a ▁scene ▁in ▁the ▁ 1 9 9 9 ▁film ▁American ▁Beaut y . ▁ ▁On ▁November ▁ 1 2 , ▁ 2 0 0 2 , ▁Ros sum ▁was ▁found ▁guilty ▁of ▁first ▁degree ▁murder . ▁On ▁December ▁ 1 2 , ▁she ▁was ▁sent enced ▁to ▁life ▁in ▁prison ▁without ▁the ▁possibility ▁for ▁par ole , ▁and ▁a ▁$ 1 0 , 0 0 0 ▁fine . ▁She ▁was ▁transferred ▁to ▁the ▁Central ▁California ▁Women ' s ▁Fac ility ▁in ▁Ch ow ch illa , ▁the ▁largest ▁women ' s ▁correction al ▁facility ▁in ▁the ▁U . S . ▁ ▁Rec ent ▁events ▁In ▁ 2 0 0 6 , ▁both ▁Ros sum ▁and ▁San ▁Diego ▁County ▁were ▁named ▁as ▁defend ants ▁in ▁a ▁wrong ful ▁death