2000
Robin and Karen Bodden are married.
2004
Karen Bodden convicted of embezzling $44,000 from the Department of Motor Vehicles.
2006
Aug. 15-16 - Timeframe during which investigators believe Robin Bodden
was killed.
Aug. 17 - When questioned later, Karen Bodden told authorities she last saw Robin on this date.
Aug. 27 - Robin
Bodden's sister
reports him missing.
Aug. 31 - Sheriff's office issues a statement seeking information about
Bodden's whereabouts.
Sept. 10 - Robin
Bodden's body is found above Johnson Lane.
Sept. 11 - Karen Bodden arrested for grand theft accused of taking money from her husband's business from Jan. 1 through Aug. 26.
Nov. 7 - Karen Bodden pleads not guilty in theft charges.
Dec. 9 - Robin Bodden's family holds a funeral for him.
2007
Feb. 15 - Douglas County District Attorney Mark Jackson files a charge of murder against Karen Bodden. Her bail is raised to $1 million.
Sept. 11 - A year after she is arrested, Karen Bodden is indicted by the Douglas County grand
jury for murdering
her husband.
Oct. 2 - Karen Bodden pleads not guilty in her husband's death.
Nov. 23 - Karen Bodden's attorney receives a continuance until Jan. 7.
Jan. 7 - Trial begins