This could easily be the basis for an “Alfred Hitchcock Presents” (except the wife would be prettier).
I read the article, and a good lawyer ought to be able to argue this down because a) infidelity is not a crime, and b) her face already paid pretty well.
Even if they can prove she removed the head, unless it was done cleanly and/or she was beaten after she did that, it looks like someone wanted her to do or stop doing something.
They’re obviously not Republicans, or it would have been in the headline.