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Sunday, July 16
3:00 pm
Appeal is
expected.
Temple Beth El
7400 Telegraph at 14 Mile Road
Robin Schwartz
Special to the Jewish News
MOT artists, Betsy Bronson, Maria Cimarelli,
Karl Schmidt and Mark Vondrak
Guest Artist: Sarah Paye, violinist
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Dr. David DiChiera, General Director
Karen VanderKloot DiChiera, Director, Community Programs
Open to Seniors in the Community
No Charge, Wheelchair Accessible
Sponsored by the Gerald J. Rowin Memorial Fund
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June 29 a 2006
ark Unger, 45, of
Huntington Woods
winced, then stood
stunned as a Benzie County jury
found him guilty of first-degree
murder. Jurors concluded the death
of his 37-year-old wife Florence
was no accident.
Florence Unger died in October
2003 after falling 12 feet from a
boathouse deck onto a concrete
slab at a northern Michigan resort.
Her body was found face down
in Lower Herring Lake, three feet
away. The guilty verdict on June 21
came after a two-month trial and
four days of deliberations.
"Thank you, God. Justice is
served:' cried Florence Unger's
mother, Claire Stern of Huntington
Woods, after the verdict was read.
"My daughter's voice was heard
from her untimely grave."
While the verdict was a victory
for Florence Unger's family, it was
a crushing blow to the family of
Mark Unger. He now faces a man-
datory sentence of life in prison
without parole. Unger did not tes-
tify during the trial but has main-
tained his innocence.
"He doesn't belong in that
jail;' Mark Unger's mother, Bette
Rosenthal of Florida, told WJBK-
TV reporter Paul Herdtner. "I
cannot believe that jury didn't do
what the court ordered them to do,
which was to presume him inno-
cent. It was an accident; nobody
will ever know what happened to
Flo," Rosenthal said.
During the trial, prosecutors
argued that Unger killed his wife
because she was seeking a divorce.
They alleged he kicked or punched
her, causing her to fall from the
deck, then dragged her body to the
lake where she drowned.
The case was largely based on
circumstantial evidence, but it was
enough to convince the six-man,
six-woman jury. Unger's attorney is
vowing to appeal.
"We had a very powerful case,"