Donna Yaklich story made big splashes in media in 1985. She hired her husband’s brothers to kill her husband. Dennis Yaklich had four children from his previous and one child from Donna. Donna took the stand in proceedings that she was mentally and physically abused by her husband, however the charge could never be fully proved.

She promised his brothers Charles and Edwards’s insurance money of $45,000 in return of taking up the killing. As Dennis was killed she was given a reduced sentence of 40 years in jail. However Donna Yaklich was released from the custody after serving 18 years. Her release was kept secret by the police.

However Dennis Yaklich’s daughters have remained very vocal about the release and the murder. Donna Yaklich’s basic defense was Dennis’ former wife who had died of heart related complications. She tried to prove that the woman had committed suicide because of Dennis’ behavior. However the daughters said that their mother died because of Lasix misuse.

Lasix is a diuretic and is given to the patients to get the extra water of the body. As the water levels drop, serum potassium levels are also dropped and the Dennis’ daughters maintained that this exactly was the reason of the death of their mother. Meanwhile a T.V. film was made on Donna Yaklich’s case. Dennis’ daughters blamed that Donna had used the film money to hire an attorney and had launched a media campaign to deceive the justice system and they may be right. As there were three persons involved in the incident and the main culprit was Donna, however Donna was set free where as the sentence was not reduced for either Charles or Edward.

Donna Yaklich