In this case, the husband murdered his wife and then committed suicide. Neither the wife nor the husband had a will. Under the state (AL) slayer statute (Sec. 43-8-253), the slayer cannot benefit from the murdered person’s estate. Thus, the slayer is treated as having predeceased the decedent and, in this case, the wife’s intestate estate (and a portion of non-probate property) would pass under state law as if the husband had predeceased her. However, the administrator of the wife’s estate also claimed that the slayer statute should be construed such that the pre-deceased wife should inherit from the slayer-husband. The court disagreed, upholding a trial court determination that the plain reading of the slayer statute meant that the husband (as the “slayer”) would be treated as having predeceased the wife, and that his intestate hairs would receive his estate. Willingham v. Matthews, No. 1130890, 2014 Ala. LEXIS 139 (Ala. Sup. Ct. Sept. 19, 2014).