Steve Craven Crimeline

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Steve Craven

1984: Steve Craven met Adele Vicuna at work and the two began dating.

1989: Steve Craven got his pilot’s license. That same year, he married his longtime girlfriend Adele.

1990: Steve left the Coast Guard and became a commercial airline pilot. h

Steve and Adele Craven

1992: The family moved from California to the Cincinnati area.

Spring 2000: Adele Craven began an affair with Rusty McIntyre.

Rusty McIntyre and Adele Craven

July 12, 2000

9:12a: Adele called Rusty McIntyre and told him that it was time to kill her husband.

10: Adele missed an appointment to paint a house. 

10:30: Adele left the neighborhood to run errands.

10:41: Rusty McIntyre went to Home Depot. 

10:43: Adele took out a $4000 cash advance at the bank. 

11:05: Adele paid Rusty’s cell phone bill. 

12:30p: Adele showed up at the painting job she had scheduled, 2 and a half hours late.

8:30p: Adele returned home and found her front door open. A neighbor then found Steve Craven’s body.

Steve Craven

July 21, 2000: Adele Craven was arrested for murder. 

July 28: Rusty McIntyre was arrested for murder.

July 29: Ronald Prior was arrested for murder.

Ronald Pryor

June 2001: Rusty McIntyre pleaded guilty.

May 2002: Ron Pryor was found guilty.

November 2002: A mistrial was declared after a jury could not reach a verdict in the case against Adele Craven.

February 19, 2005: Adele pleaded guilty after the state rested its case in her retrial. 

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