the former sister-in-law of a man who has been charged with the murder of second wife , toni bertolet , 51 , last november and police have reopened their investigation into the suspicious death of his first wife , lynn rishell , some 20 years earlier .
in both cases henthorn was named as the sole beneficiary in a string of lucrative life insurance policies totaling $ 500,000 on the death of his first wife and $ 4.5 million on the death of his second after they both died in what appeared to be freak accident .
dr toni jill bertolet plunged 140ft to her death shortly before her 12th wedding anniversary while hiking with henthorn in a remote stretch