| Date of birth: | Aug 1, 1963 |
| Ethnicity: | OTHER |
| Hair: | Blond |
| Eyes: | Blue |
| Unit: | ASPC Eyman SMU II |
| Status: | ACTIVE |
| Release type: | RET ESCRT LEAV |
| Most recent loc: | ASPC Eyman |
| Last movement: | Apr 9, 2008 |
| Inmate number: | 080735 |
| Inmate detainee: | INMATE |
| Custody class: | 5/3 |
| Crime description: | INMATE 080735 - APELT, MICHAEL . Michael Apelt and his brother, Rudi, came to Arizona from West Germany and began "courting" numerous women. Michael eventually met Cynthia Monkman and married her in October 1988. One month later, Michael applied for $400,000 in life insurance on Cynthia. The policies became effective on December 22, 1988. On the night of December 23, Michael and Rudi took Cynthia into the desert near Apache Junction and killed her by stabbing her numerous times in the chest and back and cutting her throat. Michael and Rudi returned to Mesa and, in the early morning hours of December 24, Michael called the police and reported that Cynthia had disappeared. A citizen found the body in the desert later that day. Rudi Apelt was tried separately and was convicted of first degree murder, and sentenced to death. PROCEEDINGS Presiding Judge: Robert R. Bean Prosecutor: Catherine Hughes Start of Trial: April 18, 1990 Verdict: May 11, 1990 Sentencing: August 10, 1990 Aggravating Circumstances Procured commission of the offense Pecuniary gain Especially heinous/cruel/depraved Mitigating Circumstances sufficient to call for leniency PUBLISHED OPINIONS State v. Apelt (Michael), 176 Ariz. 349, 861 P.2d 634 (1993). |
| Community supervision parole: | N |
| Admission date: | Aug 14, 1990 |
| Booking location: | Maricopa County, AZ |
| Consec concur: | Consecutive:A02 |
| Commit number: | A01 |
| Admit date: | Aug 14, 1990 |
| Commit number: | A02 |
| Admit date: | Aug 14, 1990 |
