HIGHLAND, Utah – A nurse has been arrested and faces charges of aggravated murder and obstruction of justice after allegedly poisoning and killing her friend and former roommate, Kacee Lyn Terry, to claim a life insurance policy.
According to KUTV, Meggan Randall Sundwall, 47, is accused of administering a fatal dose of insulin to Terry, 38. Authorities believe Sundwall was the beneficiary of a “rumored $1.5 million life insurance policy held by Kacee,” as stated in a police booking affidavit.
In August, first responders were called to a residence after Terry’s uncle found her unresponsive and struggling to breathe, KSL reported. The uncle reportedly told the 911 operator that Terry had “major, major health issues” and that it “sounds like she’s drowning.”
KUTV noted that Sundwall admitted to being alone with Terry throughout the day. She reportedly informed Terry’s uncle that Terry had been suffering for “several hours.” Police documents detail how Sundwall had texted Terry earlier that morning, asking, “Do you want to take some promethazine when I get there so that you are asleep when this is happening?”
Sundwall claimed that Terry had signed a do-not-resuscitate order and did not want to go to the hospital. However, Terry was not diabetic, and a diabetic needle was found at the home. Upon arriving at the hospital, Terry’s blood sugar level was measured at 14, according to KUTV. A blood sugar level of 40 is considered life-threatening.
Terry’s sister informed hospital staff that Terry had been diagnosed with leukemia years prior, according to a search warrant. The warrant stated, “(Terry’s sister) stated that she moved Kacee out of the shared apartment and into her grandfather’s house where she lives now due to Kacee complaining about Meggan bringing insulin home and trying to talk Kacee into treatments to help end her suffering.”
Terry’s family spoke with her primary care doctor at the hospital. The doctor stated that Terry had never had cancer, and a do-not-resuscitate order was not found. The doctor also confirmed that Sundwall was not her power of attorney, according to KSL.
According to police documents, Sundwall believed she was the beneficiary of a $1.5 million life insurance policy held by Terry. Police discovered over 28,000 texts exchanged between the two women dating back to December 2019. These messages, according to authorities, included four years of communications “detailing different ways Meggan would kill herself if she was (the victim) and of Meggan offering to ‘help’ (her) die.”
Other text messages between Sundwall and Terry discussed Sundwall’s financial problems and how she could resolve them if she received Terry’s life insurance money, police indicated.
Sundwall was booked into the Utah County Jail on Thursday. The Office of the Medical Examiner confirmed that Terry’s cause of death was an overdose of promethazine, probable exogenous insulin, and other drugs.
