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YOUNGSTOWN, Ohio (AP) -- The court affidavit reads like a juicy romance novel: A wealthy physician is said by authorities to have been killed by the other man -- a handsome, young lover who'd been in and out of trouble.
The killing purportedly caps a highway robbery staged by the adulterous couple, who prosecutors say dreamed of getting their hands on the doctor's millions.
That's the torrid tale told in a federal affidavit released Monday -- the latest twist in the case of a Pennsylvania urologist killed last year along the Ohio Turnpike.
Donna Moonda, 47, of Hermitage, Pennsylvania, was charged Monday in federal court with interstate stalking that resulted in the death of her husband, Dr. Gulam Moonda. She also was charged with using a firearm in a violent crime.
Earlier Monday, Damian Bradford, 25, of Monaca, Pennsylvania, near Pittsburgh, admitted in an Ohio court to the same stalking charge leveled against Moonda and agreed to cooperate with authorities.
"He's doing the right thing in his mind to step up to the plate," said Michael DeRiso, Bradford's attorney.
Shot beside turnpike
Gulam Moonda, 69, was shot May 13, 2005, when he pulled off the turnpike south of Cleveland to allow his wife to drive their car, authorities said. His wife said a gunman emerged from another vehicle, shot and robbed her husband and fled.
Federal court documents filed Monday claim Donna Moonda and Bradford began an affair in 2004 after meeting in drug rehabilitation.
The woman approached Bradford last year and promised him half of the $3 million to $6 million that she would receive from her husband's estate if he killed the doctor, according to the documents.
Bradford implicated Donna Moonda on Friday, saying that on the day of the killing she gave him a map of the Moondas' planned route to Toledo, where they were to visit for the weekend.
The documents state Donna Moonda text-messaged Bradford's cell phone to alert him when the family left the Pittsburgh area around 4:30 p.m.
Wife signed prenup
According to the documents, Donna Moonda signed a prenuptial agreement before the couple wed in 1990 that limited her to only $250,000 in a divorce. The doctor's will, however, promised his wife millions plus $676,000 in insurance policies and their home.
At a brief hearing before U.S. Magistrate Judge George Limbert in Youngstown, Donna Moonda showed no emotion as prosecutors entered the charges and said they would decide later whether to seek the death penalty.
Moonda's lawyer, Roger Synenberg, said that she intends to plead not guilty at her arraignment, which has not been scheduled.
Prosecutors say Bradford shot the doctor in the right temple after the doctor handed over his wallet in the staged robbery. Bradford also pleaded guilty to using a firearm in a violent crime.
During Bradford's plea hearing, U.S. District Judge David D. Dowd Jr. said Bradford will get 17-1/2 years in prison. Bradford could have received life in prison if convicted by a jury.
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