Report: Man accused of killing wife with corn rake after learning about secret affairs

Authorities say the husband of a woman killed in what was initially believed to be a fatal fall at a northeastern Iowa farm has been charged with her murder.The Delaware County Sheriff’s Office said in a news release Thursday that 42-year-old Todd Michael Mullis had been arrested on a warrant charging him with first-degree murder in the Nov. 10 death of 39-year-old Amy Lynn Mullis.The department says an autopsy showed that Amy Mullis died after receiving injuries that included multiple stab wounds to her back with a corn rake.According to the Des Moines Register, Mullis called 911 the day his wife died, telling police their son found her impaled on the corn rake. Officials said her injuries were not consistent with falling onto a rake as her husband described.Mullis was arrested without incident on Thursday and remains jailed without bail.A man Amy Mullis was in a romantic relationship with told investigators she wanted to leave her husband and was "scared to death" of him."If he catches me, he might make me disappear," she told the man, according to a criminal complaint. Amy Mullis reportedly told friends that she worried her husband would kill her if he found out she was having an affair. One friend told investigators Amy Mullis felt "trapped and like a prisoner."Then, in October, Amy Mullis called a friend, screaming and crying, and said her husband learned of her affair, according to court records. Days before Amy Mullis died, an iPad owned by Todd Mullis searched the internet for "killing unfaithful women" and "what happened to cheating spouses in historic Aztec tribes," authorities said.

Authorities say the husband of a woman killed in what was initially believed to be a fatal fall at a northeastern Iowa farm has been charged with her murder.

The Delaware County Sheriff’s Office said in a news release Thursday that 42-year-old Todd Michael Mullis had been arrested on a warrant charging him with first-degree murder in the Nov. 10 death of 39-year-old Amy Lynn Mullis.


The department says an autopsy showed that Amy Mullis died after receiving injuries that included multiple stab wounds to her back with a corn rake.

According to the Des Moines Register, Mullis called 911 the day his wife died, telling police their son found her impaled on the corn rake. Officials said her injuries were not consistent with falling onto a rake as her husband described.

Mullis was arrested without incident on Thursday and remains jailed without bail.

A man Amy Mullis was in a romantic relationship with told investigators she wanted to leave her husband and was "scared to death" of him.

"If he catches me, he might make me disappear," she told the man, according to a criminal complaint.

Amy Mullis reportedly told friends that she worried her husband would kill her if he found out she was having an affair. One friend told investigators Amy Mullis felt "trapped and like a prisoner."

Then, in October, Amy Mullis called a friend, screaming and crying, and said her husband learned of her affair, according to court records.

Days before Amy Mullis died, an iPad owned by Todd Mullis searched the internet for "killing unfaithful women" and "what happened to cheating spouses in historic Aztec tribes," authorities said.