Without a body, you can't assume a murder. Yes, the defendant, her husband, had threatened her life, But a threat is not the deed, however it looks. Most threats made in anger disappear Before anybody murders anybody. While she lived underground, quietly, a nobody, Till he was safely put away for life, Waiting to emerge, with a new name, a new look, Shining with the dew of possibility. Of course, there was a better possibility.
Divorce can make a marriage disappear.
A woman afraid of her husband can look To the law, get a restraining order. The whole courtroom turned to look. The possibilities disappeared, Save only murder, so they locked him up for life.