Colorado Springs man convicted in slaying of wife

Colorado Springs man convicted in slaying of wife
The Gazette
By Lance Benzel
Published: May 1, 2013

A Colorado Springs man accused of fatally shooting his wife and then trying to pass off her death as a suicide was convicted Tuesday of second-degree murder, the highest charge he had faced.

After a weeklong trial, an El Paso County jury deliberated for just 1+ hours before returning guilty verdicts on all counts against Louis Edward Mamo, 26, in the October 2012 shooting of his then-wife, Karen Mamo.

Karen Mamo, who had planned to leave her husband, was found slain in their bed, with a pistol nearby.

Although Louis Mamo claimed to have discovered her body, Colorado Springs police quickly determined his story didn't add up.

For starters, Karen Mamo was right-handed, but died of a gunshot wound in the left side of her head, and crime scene technicians found no evidence of gunpowder or muzzle-flash injuries commonly seen in point-blank shootings.

Further unraveling the plot, police determined that within hours of his wife's death, Louis Mamo went to a McDonald's and used a laptop computer to research penalties for murder in Colorado.
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