Linda Stermer is charged with premeditated first-degree murder and felony murder in the course of committing arson. Stermer was initially sentenced to life without parole in 2010, but her conviction was overturned in 2018 after her attorneys successfully argued that she did not receive a fair trial. It came after it was determined that Linda Stermer's rights were violated when her then attorney, now current Kalamazoo County Prosecutor Jeff Getting, failed to effectively challenge key evidence among other issues in the trial. Stermer was accused of beating her husband Todd Stermer in January 2007, setting him on fire, setting their house on fire, and running him over with their van. Todd and Linda's 14-year marriage contained accusations of abuse and an affair. Injuries Todd sustained during the time of his death could not be directly linked to Linda, and Todd's autopsy found in part 'the cause of death to be a combination of burns and smoke inhalation'. There were also blunt-force injuries to Todd's head, but the autopsy could not say if those injuries were caused by him being struck by an object multiple times or by being struck by a vehicle, or by both. Todd's sweatpants, socks, and underwear tested positive for gasoline, leading detectives to the conclusion that the house fire had been intentionally set in the living room.