Overview

• Suter, 68, has pleaded guilty to murdering Ann Blackwood, 71, at Crofton Cemetery on July 24, 2023, the date of their son’s birthday.
• Prosecutors say he brought a 12-inch kitchen knife and lay in wait, citing phone GPS placing him at the cemetery at 10:30am and 2:30pm before the 3:30pm attack.
• The court heard he stabbed her in the back with the knife, then used her scissors when the blade broke, with a pathologist finding at least 19 neck wounds and no defensive injuries.
• He called 999 to confess and said he blamed her for their son’s suicide, and he refused to attend the hearing after telling prison staff it was “inappropriate.”
• Diane Suter testified about noticing a missing kitchen knife and her husband’s habits around cemetery visits, while court listings reported by media differ on sentencing dates.