A cheating wife shot dead her husband so that she could be with her lover , police have said . Cindy Reese , 40 , and her boyfriend Jeffery Brown , 36 , have been charged with murder nearly a month after Michael Earl Reese , 40 , was found killed in the couple 's kitchen in Morris , Alabama . Cindy Reese had called Morris police at 8pm on February 18 to say that she had arrived home and found the house in disarray , indicating there had been a robbery , AL.com reported . But when police arrived and checked the home on Banks Street , they found Mr Reese fatally shot in the head . Arrested : Cindy Reese , 40 , and Jeffery Brown , 36 , were arrested on Wednesday for the murder of Reese 's husband at their Alabama home last month . Police say the pair plotted the murder so they could be together . The department called the Jefferson County Sheriff 's Office for help investigating a homicide , and detectives found that there were no signs of forced entry at the home and nothing was missing . The day after the murder , Jefferson County Sheriff 's Chief Deputy Randy Christian said it was unusual for a burglary to happen that time of night and there was ' a good possibility that was staged ' , WSFA reported . He said that the killing did not appear random and that the victim likely knew his killer . Investigators then learned that Cindy Reese , who married her husband in 2009 , had been having an affair with Brown . Property records indicate that Brown lives with a woman . Killed : Mrs Reese , pictured with her husband Michael Reese on their wedding day in 2009 , called authorities to her home on February 18 saying that it was in disarray . Officers searched the house and found his body . Murdered : Detectives said they found no signs of a forced break in or anything missing at the home when they discovered Mr Reese 's body . Investigators later discovered Mrs Reese was having an affair . The duo had plotted to kill Mr Reese so that they could be together , Chief Deputy Randy Christian of the Jefferson County Sheriff 's Office told AL.com . He said the murder was the result of 'dark hearts , stupidity and extreme selfishness ' . ' I think we all understand matters of the heart and the ups , downs , ebbs and flows of relationships , ' Christian said . 'What we ca n't understand and will never understand is someone getting so twisted , dark and lost that they believe cold-blooded murder is the answer . Brown and Reese were taken into custody on Wednesday as he dropped her off following a lunch date , police said , and both are being held on $ 100,000 bail . The Jefferson County Sheriff 's Office announced the murder charges on Wednesday . Scene : Authorities found Mr Reese shot dead in the head in the couple 's home , pictured , in Morris , Alabama .
Cindy Reese called police in Morris , Alabama last month to say she had arrived home to find the house in disarray . Officers found her husband , Michael Reese , shot in the head in the kitchen . He was pronounced dead at a local hospital shortly after arriving there. The duo were arrested after they had a lunch date on Wednesday and are now in jail charged with murder .