HIGHLAND, Utah – A nurse has been arrested and charged with the murder of her friend and former roommate, allegedly motivated by a life insurance policy. Meggan Randall Sundwall, 47, is accused of fatally poisoning Kacee Lyn Terry, 38, with insulin.
According to police documents obtained by local news outlets including KUTV and KSL, Sundwall believed she was the beneficiary of a $1.5 million life insurance policy held by Terry. Authorities were called to a home in August after Terry’s uncle found her unresponsive and struggling to breathe. The uncle told a 911 operator that Terry had “major, major health issues.”
Sundwall, who admitted to having been alone with Terry all day, allegedly told Terry’s uncle that Terry had been suffering for “several hours.” Police reports indicate that Sundwall texted Terry 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 Terry had signed a do-not-resuscitate order and did not want to go to the hospital.
Terry, who was not diabetic, was found with a diabetic needle at the home. Her blood sugar level was measured at 14 at the hospital, a dangerously low level; a blood sugar level of 40 is considered life-threatening. Terry’s sister told hospital staff that Terry had been diagnosed with leukemia. However, Terry’s family spoke with her primary care doctor who confirmed that Terry had never had cancer. Additionally, a do-not-resuscitate order was never found. Sundwall was also not Terry’s power of attorney.
Police discovered over 28,000 texts between Sundwall and Terry dating back to December 2019. The texts included messages “detailing different ways Meggan would kill herself if she was (the victim) and of Meggan offering to ‘help’ (her) die,” according to authorities. Other messages detailed Sundwall’s financial problems and how she could remedy them if she obtained Terry’s life insurance money.
Sundwall was booked into the Utah County Jail on Thursday for aggravated murder and obstruction of justice. The Office of the Medical Examiner confirmed Terry’s cause of death to be an overdose of promethazine, probable exogenous insulin, and other drugs.
