Man who killed wife’s orthopedist sentenced to life in prison

Reports say the California man will spend the rest of his life behind bars without the possibility of parole for his role in the 2018 murder of podiatrist Thomas Schock.

Robert Elmo Lee, 83, was found guilty almost a year ago of hiring three people to help him commit the crime and was sentenced on Monday.

“The doctor was fatally shot outside his home by three people who were paid by Lee in a murder-for-hire plot,” according to Law and Crime News. “Co-defendant Mallory Stewart confessed to being the shooter and pleaded guilty to first-degree murder with a weapon. Christopher Costello and runaway driver Raymond Austin Hassan Jacket IV were also convicted for their role in Shock’s murder.”

Shock was discovered by police with gunshot wounds to the chest, head, and arm on August 1, 2018.

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Lee allegedly blamed Shock for his wife’s death.

“Investigators at the scene found one page from a California Medical Board document next to Shock’s body at his home in Lodi, which is located about 40 miles south of Sacramento. The document, which showed Costello’s fingerprint, was about Lee’s wife, Bonnie Lee, shocked as a patient with an ingrown toenail in 2011 at the age of 73, Law and Crime News reported.

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Robert Elmo Lee reportedly blamed the orthopedist he had killed for the death of his wife. He will spend the rest of his life behind bars without the possibility of parole. (iStock)

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Bonnie’s foot was partially amputated in 2014. She died of an infection in her leg in 2016.

“Mr. Lee turned his devotion to his late wife into a twisted obsession with Dr. Shock that resulted in unforgivable abuse,” District Attorney Ron Freitas said in a statement following the sentencing. “I want to thank former San Joaquin County Deputy District Attorney Edward “Ted” McGarvey for his tenacity in seeking justice for the Schock family, as well as the Lodi Police Department for their investigative skills.”