
Fertility Doctor Convicted of Killing Wife in San Clemente
SANTA ANA, Calif.—A fertility doctor was convicted of second-degree murder Dec. 19 for killing his wife in their San Clemente home. Eric Scott Sills, 58, was convicted for the Nov. 13, 2016, death of 45-year-old Susann Stephanie Arsuaga Sills. Jurors deliberated for about three hours before reaching their verdict. Sentencing was scheduled for March 15. On Monday, Senior Deputy District Attorney Jennifer Walker told jurors that Mr. Sills was “smacking around” his wife before strangling her and then staging her death as an accident. But the doctor’s attorney, Jack Earley, questioned the integrity of the investigation of his client, and insisted that the migraine-suffering victim stumbled down the stairs and sustained a fatal spinal injury....
