A woman has received the death sentence for murdering her husband in an attempt to gain 1.05 million yuan (US$126,860) in insurance claims, reports New Express News.

Zeng, a resident of Guangzhou's Huadu District, was reported missing on January 6. His body and motorcycle were discovered in a fish pond a week later.

Police interrogated Deng Xiuqiong, Zeng's wife and the beneficiary of his 1.05-million-yuan life insurance policy.

She was found to have drugged her husband with sleeping pills before dumping his body and motorcycle into the pond with the help of a man named Mao Dinggao.

Mao was also sentenced to death by the Guangzhou Intermediate People's Court.

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