Natalie Cochran was found guilty after the jury deliberated for a little less than two hours on Wednesday. Cochran burst into tears when the verdict was read. “The court accepts the jury verdict and finds this defendant guilty of murder in the first degree,” Special Judge H.L. Kirkpatrick said after reading the verdict.

Former Raleigh County pharmacist Natalie Cochran was found guilty of the First-Degree Murder of her husband Michael Cochran. On Wednesday, January 29, 2025, Natalie Cochran was found guilty by a jury of her peers of the First-Degree Murder of her then husband Michael Cochran in 2019.

Natalie Cochran has been found guilty of first-degree murder for the death of her husband, Michael. The jury delivered the guilty verdict on Wednesday in Raleigh County Circuit Court. Natalie was accused of first-degree murder,

Michael Cochran, 38, died on Feb. 11, 2019, after a five-day stint in hospitals where he didn't have a single conscious moment.

With both sides resting their cases, concluding statements were made before the judge gave the jury a choice whether to deliberate and come to a verdict on Tuesday, or wait until the morning of January 29. The jury chose to wait until Wednesday the 29, and the jury will decide whether or not Natalie Cochran will be convicted of First Degree Murder.

A jury has been reached in a verdict in a high-profile case. After deliberating for less than 2 hours a jury in a Raleigh County courtroom found Natalie Cochran guilty of first-degree murder in the death of her husband Michael Cochran.

Prosecutors allege she poisoned him with insulin in fear of him finding out about a Ponzi scheme she’s currently serving 11 years in prison for.