David Viens, is a chef who killed his wife and slow cooked her body for 4 days, have been found guilty of 2nd degree murder. Viens boiled his wife’s body in a 55-gallon drum i 2009 before dumping the remains in a grease pit. According to authorities, Viens and his wife got into a heated argument the night before her death and after the argument put duct tape over her mouth and tied her up before he went to sleep and claimed he woke up to her dead and he freaked out. He’s facing a minimum of 15 years in prison. Read more below.
David Viens had told authorities he boiled his wife’s 105-pound body in a 55-gallon drum in 2009 … and got rid of the evidence by dumping some of the remains in a grease pit at his restaurant, Lomita. Viens had said he had gotten into an argument with his wife, Dawn, the night before her death … and during the altercation, he tied her up and put duct tape over her mouth before going to bed. Viens claimed he woke up the next morning and found her dead … and panicked. In a recorded interview with authorities, Viens said, “I just slowly cooked [the body] and I ended up cooking her for four days.” Viens now faces 15 years to life in state prison.
