Man Accused of Covering Up Wife's Death | Richmond News

Richmond News Today | 2 Min News | The Daily News Now! · Jul 16, 2026 · 1m

A man accused of murdering his wife and staging it as a suicide remains locked up after a judge denied his bond — not because of guilt, but fear he’d flee or sabotage the case. Ashlee Butler died in December 2021, but Ross, her husband, wasn’t arrested until May. Prosecutors say she was planning to leave him, citing a text she sent to work saying she needed to grab her stuff before he got home — and that she called him to tell him she was leaving, not that she’d kill herself. Ross’s boss confirmed he heard that. The defense claims Ross was at work when it happened, got a call from Ashlee…