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Supreme Court sides with Walker; notes Slayer Rule

CHEYENNE — In a probate case that led to a change in Wyoming statute, a Worland man got a small win from the Wyoming Supreme Court in a ruling issued Aug. 2.

In February 2020, Deidra Walker Rowe, 33, was shot and killed by her husband Darren Rowe, 35, at their home in Casper. Several hours later he shot and killed himself.

The state law at the time of deaths of the Rowes, stated that “no person wh...