Jamie Simpson’s wife awoke early in the morning on Feb. 22, 2023, to find her husband sitting on top of her, she testified during Simpson’s trial in Kenton County Circuit Court.
Over the next four hours, Simpson beat his wife with a mason jar and candle, punched and kicked her, strangled her and held a knife to her side and neck while their three children were asleep in the house, according to testimony from the four-day trial.
What began with accusations of an affair turned into Simpson holding his wife captive while he tortured her and told her she was going to die, prosecutors said.
After she was able to get away, Simpson stayed in her home until a Covington police SWAT team flushed him out with tear gas.
A Kenton County jury on Friday found 49-year-old Simpson guilty of burglary, kidnapping, assault, strangulation, tampering with a witness and being a persistent felony offender.
Prosecutors also said that Simpson sexually assaulted his wife, but the jury disagreed and found him not guilty of a sexual abuse charge.