Nancy Kissel

American Nancy Kissel was sentenced to life in prison in Hong Kong after she was found guilty of murdering her husband in 2003 in what became known as the "Milkshake Murder".¹

Fast Facts

1. Born: Nancy Keeshin in 1964, in Adrian, Michigan
2. Husband: Robert Kissel investment banker
3. Married in 1989
4. Lived with husband in luxury apartment in Hong Kong
5. Has two daughters, one son

The Murder

1. Murder date: November 2, 2003²
2. Robert Kissel hired private investigator, suspected she was having an affair²
3. Spyware on Kissel's laptop showed she searched of "sleeping pills" and "drug overdose" on the internet²
4. Autopsy found five different sedatives in Robert Kissel's stomach²
5. Clubbed to death with statue²
6. Claimed she had amnesia following the murder²

Appeal

Three years after Kissell was sentenced, she returned to court on April 14, 2008, to appeal her conviction. Kissel was sentenced after she laced her husband, Robert Kissel's milkshake with sedatives, then bludgeoned him to death with a lead ornament. Kissel's appeal is based on the grounds that she was provoked by her her husband, and she killed him in self defense. She claims Robert Kissel was a violent cocaine addict and he threatened her with a baseball bat.¹

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