16 Facts About Nancy Seaman

Nancy Ann Seaman is an American woman and former teacher at Longacre Elementary School in Farmington Hills, Michigan, who was convicted of first-degree murder in 2005 for killing her husband with a hatchet.

Nancy Seaman is currently serving her life sentence at the Women's Huron Valley Correctional Facility.

Nancy Seaman was the valedictorian of her high school class.

Nancy Seaman met her husband Bob Seaman in 1972 and they married a year later.

Shortly into the couple's marriage, Nancy Seaman cites her first incident of spousal abuse, where her drunken husband attempted to push her out of a moving car.

Nancy Seaman later claimed that other incidents of physical abuse occurred in her marriage sporadically, but intensified after her husband lost his job at Borg Warner Automotive.

Nancy Seaman claimed that on Monday morning May 10,2004, after Bob had been away for the weekend, an argument ensued over her moving out.

Nancy Seaman claimed that her husband was holding a kitchen knife, became enraged and chased her into their garage.

Nancy Seaman was arrested by police on the Wednesday following the murder.

Just a day before the killing, video surveillance captured Nancy Seaman purchasing the hatchet at the Home Depot, which she said was used to cut down a stump in their front yard.

Nancy Seaman had spent the last six months in the Oakland County Jail.

Ortleib-Gorcyca stated how Nancy Seaman believed that her husband was having an affair with another woman, although this wasn't the case.

Nancy Seaman alleged that after a marital fight, Nancy went straight to Home Depot where she purchased the hatchet she would use to kill her husband.

Nancy Seaman testified in her own defense on December 7,2004, saying that she and Bob got into "the grand finale of all fights" on May 10 because she planned to leave.

Nancy Seaman went on to describe the violent struggle that ended in Bob's death.

Nancy Seaman is serving her sentence in Women's Huron Valley Correctional Facility.