Utah nurse allegedly poisoned friend so she could collect her life insurance

LONE PEAK, Utah (TCN) -- A 47-year-old nurse was arrested for allegedly fatally poisoning a sick friend with insulin to collect over $1 million from the victim’s life insurance policy.

According to court documents cited by KSL.com, on Aug. 12, Lone Peak Police Department officers responded to a home on West Stevens Lane for a medical emergency after 38-year-old Kacee Terry’s uncle found her unresponsive in her bedroom. He reportedly told dispatch that his niece sounded "like she’s drowning."

Terry’s friend Meggan Sundwall was reportedly in the room with Terry, and she told the uncle Terry had been unconscious for "a couple of hours." Police reportedly discovered a diabetic needle at the scene.

Sundwall told paramedics that Terry should not be taken to the hospital because she had a "do not resuscitate" order. Medical officials, however, said they could not find any proof of that, and Sundwall did not have power of attorney. Terry was taken to a local hospital with a critically low blood sugar level of 14.

Sundwall reportedly claimed Terry had been diagnosed with leukemia while the two lived together. Terry’s sister, however, helped her move to their grandfather’s house because Terry was allegedly "complaining about Meggan bringing insulin home and trying to talk Kacee into treatments to help end her suffering."

Sundwall allegedly brought her father over to Terry’s house to conduct "release blessings" to "help her pass on."

KSL.com reports Terry allegedly told Sundwall that she was her life insurance policy beneficiary and that it was worth over $1 million. The two women allegedly "had discussed using insulin to cause death many times since 2020," as Sundwall "consistently" told her to do it. Terry allegedly would pretend she used the insulin but claimed it "didn’t work."

Texts to Terry allegedly included Sundwall telling her to "let go! It is past time!"

Another reportedly said, "Someone (should probably be me) should stay with you and continue to give you doses so it will actually stay low and you can pass."

Terry’s sister reportedly spoke with doctors about her sister’s apparent terminal cancer, but doctors "were told that she never had cancer. The autopsy performed revealed no cancer and no health problems."

In January, Sundwall reportedly told Terry that she had "poor finances," but Terry confirmed Sundwall was her beneficiary. Following Terry’s death on Aug. 15, Sundwall asked police to look for the insurance papers in Terry’s room, but they couldn’t find any.

The police report says Sundwall contacted Terry’s life insurance policy provider after Terry’s death, but she found out Terry never actually had a policy.

Sundwall is being charged with aggravated murder and obstruction of justice.

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