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Snapped is an American
true crime
television series that airs on the Oxygen Network. Snapped debuted on August 6, 2004 and is produced in conjunction with Jupiter Entertainment.
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True crime
True crime is a non-fiction literary and film genre in which the author examines an actual crime and details the actions of real people.The crimes most commonly include murder, but true crime works have also touched on other legal cases. Depending on the writer, true crime can adhere strictly to...
television series that airs on the Oxygen Network. Snapped debuted on August 6, 2004 and is produced in conjunction with Jupiter Entertainment.
Synopsis
The series features non-fiction narratives of women who have committed murder or attempted murder. Often the target is the individual's spouse. The program is edited in a documentary style, using a central voice-over narration by reporter Sharon Martin, as well as interviews with people in possession of first-hand knowledge of the case, including law-enforcement officials, lawyers, journalists, friends and family members of both the victims and the accused, and at times the criminals themselves.Season One (2004)
- "Celeste Beard JohnsonCeleste BeardCeleste Beard Johnson, is a convicted American murderer currently serving a life sentence at the Mountain View Unit in Gatesville, Texas...
" - Celeste Beard Johnson is accused of convincing her lesbian lover to shoot her wealthy fourth husband in their Austin mansion in October 1999. - "Virginia Larzelere" - Virginia Larzelere is suspected of seducing her 18 year-old son into shooting her dentist husband in his office in March 1991 to collect on his life insurance.
- "Clara HarrisMurder of David Lynn Harris-Background:David Lynn Harris was an orthodontist who owned a chain of orthodontist offices along with his wife, Clara Harris. The chain was particularly successful, and the couple were able to afford an upscale home in Friendswood, Texas and luxury cars, including Clara's Mercedes-Benz...
" - Clara Harris, a wealthy dentist, runs over her cheating husband with her Mercedes in a hotel parking lot in June 2002 with his teenage daughter in the car. - "Elena Kiejliches" - Elena Kiejliches, the wife of a wealthy Russian emigre, is accused of shooting her husband in their New York mansion in March 2000 and then dumping his body in Jamaica Bay.
- "Kimberly Hricko" - Kimberly Hricko, a surgical technician, fatally poisons her husband and sets their hotel room on fire during a romantic weekend getaway in February 1998.
- "Lee Ann Reidel" - Lee Ann Reidel solicits her lover to kill her husband in January 2001, but he accidentally kills her husband's business partner outside of their New York gym.
- "Ruthann AronRuthann AronRuthann Greenzweig Aron is a former politician and real estate developer who ran unsuccessfully for the 1994 Republican U.S. Senate nomination from Maryland. A member of the Montgomery County Planning Board, she lost the nomination to former Tennessee Senator Bill Brock, who was in turn defeated...
" - Ruthann Aron, a millionaire real estate developer, is accused of hiring a hitman to kill her husband and a political rival after losing an election to the U.S. senate in August 1996. - "Joyce Cohen" - Joyce Cohen, the young wife of a millionaire entrepreneur, hires three hitmen to murder her husband in their Miami mansion in March 1986 after he threatens divorce.
- "Diane ZamoraDiane ZamoraDiane Michelle Zamora , is a former United States Naval Academy midshipman who is serving a life sentence for her role in the December 4, 1995 murder of Adrianne Jones, a girl Zamora believed was a romantic rival for her boyfriend, David Graham..-Relationship with Graham:Friends and family of the...
" - Diane Zamora, an Annapolis naval cadet, orchestrates the murder of her high-school rival, Adrianne Jones, with her boyfriend David Graham in December 1995. - "Susan WrightSusan Wright (murderer)Susan Lucille Wright was a Harris County, Texas housewife and mother of two young children who made headlines in 2003 for allegedly stabbing her husband, Jeff Wright, 193 times and then burying his body in their backyard...
" - Susan Wright, a middle class housewife, claims self-defense after tying her husband to their bed, stabbing her husband 193 times, and burying his body in their backyard in January 2003. More recently Susan Wright was granted a re-sentencing trial due to the fact that her attorneys lacked experience & completely left out her battered woman's defense. They did not once put a battered woman expert on the stand, in fact, they did not have a battered woman's expert witness at all. By taking her chance at a re-sentencing trail, Susan Wright was now gambling three outcomes: probation & she walks out the door & down the elevator, less time on her sentence, more time on her sentence; better yet, even life! She was not able to prove her crime of passion defense during her 2011 re-sentencing trial, but did accomplish shaving 5 years off of her recent sentencing in 2004 of 25 years & also received credit for time served (6.5 years). She now has 3.5 years until she is eligible for parole for the first time (2014). Her ex brother in law now has custody of the two children left by Susan & Jeff (deceased). She is prohibited from ever seeing or speaking to them during her lifetime. Susan prays this verdict can be overturned if she is released on parole at a second chance at life. - "Kristin RossumKristin RossumKristin Margrethe Rossum , is currently serving a life sentence in California for poisoning her husband Greg deVillers with fentanyl she stole from her job and attempting to pass off his death as a suicide....
" - Kristin Rossum, a forensic toxicologist, gives her husband a fatal dose of Fentanyl in November 2000 and tries to pass off his death as suicide after he caught her having an affair. - "Debra Baker" - Debra Baker is accused of poisoning her millionaire boss, Jerry Sternadel, with arsenic poisoning in June 1990 after she is caught embezzling.
- "Carolyn WarmusCarolyn WarmusCarolyn Warmus is serving a 25-year sentence for the murder of her lover's wife. The murder case attracted national attention and led to comparisons with the movie Fatal Attraction.-Early life:...
" - Carolyn Warmus, an elementary schoolteacher, is suspected of the shooting death of her lover's wife in their apartment in January 1989 after being rejected.
Season Two (2005)
- "Adele Craven"" - Adele Craven is suspected of organizing the July 2000 beating death of her husband, a Delta airline pilot, in the basement of their home.
- "Rita Gluzman" - Rita Gluzman solicits her cousin to murder her estranged husband with an ax and dispose of his remains in the Passaic River in April 1996.
- "Sharee MillerSharee MillerSharee Paulette Kitley Miller is an American woman accused of plotting the murder of her husband with her online lover over the internet. Miller was convicted of the crime, but her conviction was overturned and she is currently free on bond while awaiting a new trial...
" - Sharee Miller seduces her online lover into murdering her husband, an auto salvage owner, in a robbery gone bad in November 1999. - "Elisa McNabneyMurder of Larry McNabneyLarry McNabney was a Sacramento, California attorney whose body was found buried in a vineyard on March 5, 2002. The case made national headlines when police learned that his wife, Elisa McNabney, was actually Laren Sims who had served time in a Florida prison for fraud and identity theft...
" - Elisa McNabney's true past is exposed after her husband, successful attorney Larry McNabney, is killed with horse tranquilizer in September 2001. - "Terri Gilbert" - Terri Gilbert is accused of shooting her husband, the Albuquerque County commissioner, to death in her home in August 1996, but she claimed self-defense in the killing.
- "Donna Somerville" - Donna Somerville, a hospice nurse, is suspected of murder in November 2001 when her wealthy husband's autopsy reveals poison in his stomach.
- "Brenda Andrew" - Brenda Andrew orchestrates the shooting death of her estranged husband, an advertising executive, in a garage ambush in their Oklahoma home in November 2001.
- "Stephanie Stephens" - Stephanie Stephens is accused of giving her older husband, a former surgeon, a lethal dose of etomidate and atricurium in May 2001.
- "Amy DeChant" - Amy DeChant becomes a fugitive from justice after getting caught for the July 1996 murder of her boyfriend, Las Vegas bookie Bruce Weinstein.
- "Linda Jones" - Linda Jones solicits three men to beat her husband to death in November 1995 after catching him cheating on her with a teenage girl.
- "Dionne Baugh" - Dionne Baugh is accused of bludgeoning her millionaire boyfriend Lance Herndon to death in August 1996 after their relationship begins to sour.
- "Dante Sutorius" - Dante Sutorius shoots her husband, a Cincinnati cardiologist, in their home in February 1996 after he threatens divorce.
- "Pamela SmartPamela SmartPamela Ann Smart is serving a life sentence for accomplice to first-degree murder, conspiracy to commit murder and witness tampering in New Hampshire...
" - Pamela Smart, a high school teacher, is accused of soliciting one of her students to commit the execution-style murder of her husband in May 1990.
Season Three (2005)
- "Donna Yaklich" - Donna Yaklich hires teenaged hitmen to kill her husband, a Pueblo, Colorado narcotics detective, in December 1985.
- "Yesenia Patino" - Yesenia Patino, a transsexual, gets caught up in the murder of her lover's wife in Rocky Point, Mexico in February 1991.
- "Manuela Garcia" - Manuela Garcia is accused of lacing her husband's beer with sleeping pills, then attacking him with an ax in June 1996.
- "Jeena HanHan twins murder conspiracyThe Han twins murder conspiracy was a case of attempted murder of Sunny Han by her identical twin sister Jeena Han, occurring in November 1996 in Orange County, California, United States.It quickly became a sensationalized story in the media...
" - Jeena Han orchestrates a deadly conspiracy against her twin sister, Sunny Han, in order to reclaim her identity in November 1996. - "Dora Cisneros" - Dora Cisneros, a doctor's wife, orders a hit on her teenage daughter's ex-boyfriend in March 1993.
- "Kimberley Kondejewski" - Kimberley Kondejewski uses a shotgun to end 17 years of an abusive marriage in May 1997.
- "Mary Thompson" - Mary Thompson plans the October 1994 murder of Aaron Iturra, a boy who was set to testify against her son in a court case.
- "Laura Rogers" - Laura Rogers shoots her husband to death in April 2004 after discovering that he impregnated her teenage daughter.
- "Linda Lou Charbonneau" - Linda Lou Charbonneau orchestrates the murder of her ex-husband in September 2001, and her third husband in October 2001.
- "Stella NickellStella NickellStella Maudine Nickell is a Seattle-area woman who was sentenced to 90 years in prison for product tampering after she allegedly poisoned Excedrin capsules with lethal cyanide, which resulted in the deaths of her husband Bruce and of Susan Chapman Snow...
" - Stella Nickell wanted her husband's hefty life insurance, and was willing to use cyanide poison to get it in June 1986. - "Kimberly Anderson" - Kimberly Anderson shoots her ex-husband in September 2001 after her youngest son claims that he was molested.
- "Gail Bennett" - Gail Bennett shoots her ex-husband in the driveway of their rural Texas home in July 1990 during a drunken argument.
- "Deidra Lane" - Deidra Lane, the wife of Carolina Panthers football player Fred Lane, claims self-defense in his June 2000 shooting death.
Season Four (2006)
- "Sandy MurphyTed BinionLonnie Theodore "Ted" Binion was a wealthy U.S. gambling executive and one of the sons of famed Las Vegas casino magnate Lester Ben "Benny" Binion, owner of Binion's Horseshoe...
" - Sandy Murphy becomes the prime suspect in the heroin overdose death of her wealthy boyfriend, casino heir Ted Binion, in September 1998. - "Carol CarrCarol CarrCarol Carr is an American woman from the state of Georgia who became the center of a widely-publicized debate over euthanasia when she killed her adult sons because they were suffering from Huntington's disease.-Killing and trial:...
" - Carol Carr, a mother of two sons with Huntington's disease, takes matters into her own hands by shooting them to end their suffering in June 2002. - "Erin Dukes" - Erin Dukes, a corrections officer, shoots her abusive husband to death in October 1997.
- "Donna Fryman" - Donna Fryman shoots her live-in ex-husband, an up-and-coming interior designer, during a disturbing domestic dispute in January 2004.
- "Dixie Shanahan" - Dixie Shanahan is accused of shooting her husband in August 2003 and then leaving his body in the bedroom of her home for over a year.
- "Sheila DavallooSheila DavallooSheila Davalloo is an Iranian-American woman who was convicted of attempted murder for stabbing her husband, three times as he was blindfolded and handcuffed during a game in their Pleasantville condominium....
" - Sheila Davalloo, a research scientist, stabs her husband during a kinky game in March 2004. - "Phyllis Nelson" - Phyllis Nelson stabs her estranged husband in the chest in December 2001 after she confronts him about an affair.
- "Nikki Redmond" - Nikki Redmond, aka Miss Savannah, shoots her fiance in December 2003 after discovering he is engaged to another woman.
- "Piper Rountree" - Piper Rountree is the prime suspect in the shooting death of her ex-husband, a college professor, on his driveway in October 2004.
- "Mary Ellen Samuels" - Mary Ellen Samuels is charged with the December 1988 murder of her cinematographer husband and the July 1989 murder of her daughter's fiance.
- "Melinda Raisch" - Melinda Raisch, a suburban soccer mom, gets caught for the February 1982 murder of her first husband, a bank manager, more than two decades later.
- "Sarah JohnsonSarah Marie JohnsonThe murder of Diane and Alan Scott Johnson occurred on September 2, 2003. They were shot to death in their Bellevue, Idaho home by Sarah Marie Johnson, their daughter.-History:...
" - Sarah Johnson shoots her parents to death in their Idaho home in September 2003 after being grounded for seeing her boyfriend. - "Joan Shannon" - Joan Shannon solicits her daughter Elizabeth in the June 2002 shooting death of her husband, a soldier.
Season Five (2007)
- "Michelle Theer" - Michelle Theer organizes the December 2000 shooting death of her Air Force Captain husband with her lover outside her workplace.
- "Martha Freeman" - Martha Freeman strangles her husband to death in April 2005 with the help of her illegal lover who was sleeping in her bedroom closet.
- "Amy Bosley" - Amy Bosley shoots her husband in May 2005 in their home after she is caught for embezzling over one million dollars from her husband's estate.
- "Kimberly Cunningham" - Kimberly Cunningham shoots her ex-brother-in-law outside his workplace in October 2003 after learning that he molested her teenage daughter.
- "Margaret RudinMargaret RudinMargaret Rudin , is an American woman who was convicted of the murder of her fifth husband, real estate magnate Ronald Rudin.-Early life:...
" - Margaret Rudin is accused of shooting her husband, real estate magnate Ron Rudin, in December 1994 and burning his remains in the Nevada desert. - "Jane Dorotik" - Jane Dorotik, a successful healthcare executive, murders her estranged husband in February 2000 so she would not have to pay alimony.
- "Susan PolkSusan PolkSusan Polk is an American woman convicted in June 2006 of second degree murder in connection with the 2002 death of her husband, Dr. Frank "Felix" Polk. Polk's trial, described by one Associated Press correspondent as "circus-like", drew extensive media attention with its sensationalist...
" - Susan Polk is accused of stabbing her soon-to-be ex-husband in October 2002, but she claims self-defense in the killing. - "Vicki Monroe" - Vicki Monroe is suspected of plotting the murder of her husband in his Kentucky bar in June 2002 with her grown son.
- "Claire Welsh" - Claire Welsh was a former prom queen who shot her boyfriend in January 1997 after he threatens to break off their two year relationship.
- "Mary Krueger" - Mary Krueger plots the shooting of her husband, a Wisconsin farmer, with her friend in a robbery gone bad in May 1999.
- "Brookey Lee West" - Brookey Lee West gets caught for her mother's February 1998 murder when her body is found in a storage cell.
- "Daphne Wright" - Daphne Wright kills her ex-girlfriend's friend in February 2006 and then dismembers her body with a chainsaw.
- "Melanie McGuireMelanie McGuireMelanie McGuire is a New Jersey woman best known for being the perpetrator in the media-dubbed "suitcase murder." She was convicted of murdering her husband in April 2004 and was sentenced to life in prison on July 19, 2007. Melanie is serving her sentence at the Edna Mahan Correctional Facility...
" - Melanie McGuire drugs and shoots her husband in April 2004, then dismembers his body and disposes of his remains in the Chesapeake Bay.
Season Six (2007)
- "Mary WinklerMary WinklerMary Carol Winkler was convicted of voluntary manslaughter in the 2006 shooting death of her husband, Matthew Winkler, the pulpit minister at the Fourth Street Church of Christ in the small town of Selmer, Tennessee...
" - Mary Winkler shoots her preacher husband in March 2006 to get out of a financial crisis and a troubled marriage. - "Jessica McCord" - Jessica McCord and her husband murder her ex-husband and his new wife in February 2002, then dispose of their bodies in a burning car.
- "Adrienne Emily Hickson" - Adrienne Emily Hickson, a law student, stabs her boyfriend to death during an argument in his Atlanta apartment in December 2005.
- "Sarah Brady" - Sarah Brady, an expectant mother, stabs another pregnant woman to death in February 2005 during a violent altercation in the woman's apartment.
- "Elizabeth Reynolds" - Elizabeth Reynolds is charged with soliciting the murder of her boyfriend Al Benitez in August 2003 after he breaks up with her.
- "Julia Lynn TurnerLynn Turner (serial killer)Lynn Turner , was an American convicted murderer. She was convicted on March 24, 2007, for the second of two murders she committed by poisoning her victims with antifreeze. Her second trial lasted for twelve days. Before her arrest, she worked as a 911 operator. Turner died in prison on August 30,...
" - Lynn Turner is suspected of murder after the death of her boyfriend in January 2001 is compared to that of her first husband in March 1995. - "Kathleen Denson" - Kathleen Denson, a Colorado fur store owner, shoots her ex-boyfriend in self-defense in June 2002.
Season Seven (2008)
- "Misty Witherspoon" - Misty Witherspoon claims the September 2005 shooting of her police officer husband was accidental until the family finances are examined.
- "Cynthia George" - Cynthia George, a former beauty queen and Akron, Ohio socialite, is accused in the June 2001 murder of Jeff Zack.
- "Lisa Whedbee" - Lisa Whedbee and her lover are accused of conspiring to murder her husband in May 1994.
- "Erika SifritErika and Benjamin SifritErika and Benjamin Sifrit gained notoriety in 2002 for the murders of Joshua Ford, 32, and Martha "Geney" Crutchley, 51, over Memorial Day weekend in Ocean City, Maryland. In 2003, both Sifrits were convicted of the murders...
" - Erika Sifrit, a scrapbooker, and her husband are charged with murdering another vacationing couple in Ocean City, Maryland in May 2002. - "Malaika GriffinMalaika GriffinMalaika Tamu Griffin is an American woman serving a life sentence for murder at the La Vista Correctional Facility in Pueblo, Colorado for shooting her neighbor Jason Patrick Horsley to death in May 1999...
" - Malaika Griffin, a biochemist, shoots her neighbor in May 1999 then eludes authorities for more than six years. - "Sharon Daniels — Sharon Daniels, a teacher, claims abuse in the shooting death of her second husband, a preacher and school bus driver, in September 2005.
- "Michelle Michael" - Michelle Michael was bored with her job and marriage, so she injected her husband with rocuronium then sets her house on fire in November 2005.
- "Linda HenningMurder of Girly Chew Hossencofft*Girly Chew Hossencofft was a Malaysian-born woman who disappeared and was murdered on September 9, 1999 in Albuquerque, New Mexico. The investigation into the murder of Girly Chew uncovered a conspiracy involving reptilian queens, UFOs and reports of cannibalism. Girly Chew's husband Diazien...
" - Linda Henning was a fashion designer who fell under the spell of a conman, and ended up being charged with the September 1999 murder of his wife. - "Darlene Gentry" - Darlene Gentry shoots her husband in their home in November 2005 and stages the scene as a robbery so she can collect life insurance.
- "Monique Berkley" - Monique Berkley, her young lover, and her stepdaughter's boyfriend are behind the December 2005 shooting death of her husband, a Navy reservist.
- "Shayne Lovera" - Shayne Lovera did not want to divorce her math professor husband, so she beat him to death in November 1994 then attempted to hide his body.
- "Ann Trexler" - Ann Trexler is accused of hiring a hitman to kill her ex-son-in-law in October 1998 so he could not take custody of her granddaughter.
- "Kerri Faye Brown" - Kerri Faye Brown was on the brink of being fired for embezzlement, so she shot her employer to death in April 2001.
- "Ann Miller Kontz" - Ann Miller Kontz, a chemist, uses arsenic to get out of her marriage in December 2000.
- "Elicia Hughes" - Elicia Hughes is suspected of shooting her husband six times in their home in June 2004 after learning of his infidelity.
- "Linda Fields" - Linda Fields is accused of taking a life insurance policy out on her ranch hand, then taking him out in December 2003.
- "Tracey Frame" - Tracey Frame, an accountant, allegedly shot her boyfriend in April 2002 then dumped his body in a storm drain.
- "Shawna Nelson" - Shawna Nelson was a 911 dispatcher who shot her lover's wife in the parking lot of her workplace in January 2007.
- "Jeanette SliwinskiJeanette SliwinskiJeanette Sliwinski is a Chicago-born model. On July 14, 2005, according to sworn testimony, she attempted suicide while driving, causing a crash that resulted in the deaths of three local musicians.-Early life:...
" - Jeanette Sliwinski's modeling career was failing, and in a suicide attempt in July 2005, she claims the lives of three musicians. - "Leslie MacKool" - Leslie MacKool is accused of stabbing her mother 74 times in September 2003 so she could inherit her parents' multi-million dollar estate.
Season Eight (2009/2010)
- "Ashley HumphreyMurder of Sandra RozzoSandra Lee "Sandee" Rozzo was a Pinellas Park, Florida bartender who was shot to death in her home on July 5, 2003. Her ex-boyfriend Timothy "Tracey" Humphrey, and his wife Ashley Laney Humphrey, were convicted of her murder.-Perpetrators:...
" - Ashley Humphrey and her husband, a bodybuilder, are the prime suspects in the July 2003 murder of Sandra Rozzo, a Florida bartender. - "Larissa Schuster" - Larissa Schuster, a biochemist, is accused of killing her estranged husband in July 2003, then disposing of his body in a barrel of acid.
- "Cynthia Sommer" - Cynthia Sommer, a military wife, is suspected of murdering her husband Todd in February 2002 when his autopsy reveals he was poisoned with arsenic.
- "Mechele LinehanMechele LinehanKent Leppink died by gunshot in 1996. His former fiancée, Mechele Linehan, was convicted of murdering him, but the judgment was reversed on appeal. After originally being sentenced to 99 years in prison, Linehan is currently free on bail awaiting a new trial....
" - Mechele Linehan's fiance Kent Leppink is gunned down in the Alaskan wilderness in May 1996, and ten years she is charged in the murder. - "Beth Carpenter" - Beth Carpenter had a promising law career, but when her brother-in-law in found dead on a highway in March 1994, she becomes the prime suspect.
- "Monique Johnson" - Monique Johnson, a prison guard, shoots her boyfriend, Memphis police officer Tony Hayes, to death in September 2006, but claims he was abusive.
- "Susan Grund" - Susan Grund, a mother of two, is accused of shooting her husband, attorney Jimmy Grund, in the couple's Peru, Indiana home in August 1992.
- "Lisa Costello" - Lisa Costello and her boyfriend, Alan Mackerley, are charged with murder after the February 1996 disappearance of Alan's business rival, Frank Black.
- "Jocelyn Dooley" - Jocelyn Dooley is charged with murdering her husband, Vol "Bubba" Dooley, a pit boss, in June 2001 after her friends help police locate his body.
- "Renee Poole" - Renee Poole's husband Brent is gunned down on his wedding anniversary in June 1998, and police suspect his wife plotted the murder with her lover.
- "Jacqueline "Nikki" Reynolds" - Nikki Reynolds stabs her adoptive mother, Billie Jean, to death in May 1997 after breaking up with her boyfriend.
- "Jennifer Hyatte" - Jennifer Hyatte is a prison nurse turned fugitive after fatally shooting a prison guard in August 2005 in order to free her incarcerated husband.
- "Rhonda Orr" - Rhonda Orr's husband died in a house fire in May 2003, and she becomes suspected of arson when police learn that she is pregnant with another man's child.
- "Erin McLean" - Erin McLean was a high-school teacher having an affair with one of her students, but in March 2007, her husband shoots the student dead in his car.
- "Shannon Torrez" - Shannon Torrez is desperate for a baby, and in September 2006, she stabs a mother in her home and then kidnaps the woman's one-week-old daughter.
- "Monique Turenne" - Monique Turenne is accused of soliciting her lover to bludgeon her husband, Canadian Air Force Major David Turenne, to death in February 1996.
- "Kelly Forbes" - Kelly Forbes, a medical assistant, is accused of strangling her newlywed husband to death in November 2007, although she claims self-defense in the killing.
- "Jill Rockcastle" - Jill Rockcastle, a poker player's wife, stabs her husband to death in April 2007 in their Las Vegas condominium, and then tries to commit suicide.
- "Denise Miller" - Denise Miller is suspected of killing her on-again, off-again boyfriend, police officer Wayne Irby, in December 2004 after a bitter breakup.
- "Tracie AndrewsTracie AndrewsTracie Margurite Andrews is an English woman who murdered her fiancé, Lee Raymond Harvey on 1 December 1996.-Murder:...
" - Tracie Andrews, a model, is the prime suspect in the December 1996 stabbing death of her fiance, Lee Harvey, in a road rage incident. - "Anne Marie Stout" - Anne Marie Stout's husband is shot dead in their home in June 2007, and she is charged although she claims her husband's mistress is the killer.
- "Rhonda Glover" - Rhonda Glover, a Texas beauty queen, is charged in the July 2004 shooting death of her boyfriend, oilman Jimmy Joste, in his Austin, Texas home.
- "Karen Tobie" - Karen Tobie and her neighbor Lynne Blake orchestrate the shooting death of Karen's husband, plumber John Cataneo, in June 2004 on his doorstep.
- "Jane AndrewsJane AndrewsJane Andrews is a one-time Royal dresser, convicted of murder during a sensational trial in 2001 that attracted much public interest, both due to the dramatic circumstances of the killing and the story of the working-class girl who mixed intimately with the rich and glamorous, though officially...
" - Jane Andrews, the former aide to the Dutchess of York, bludgeons and stabs her lover, Tom Cressman, to death in September 2000, and then flees. - "Diane FlemingDiane FlemingDiane Fleming is an American prisoner currently serving a 30-year sentence at the Fluvanna Correctional Center for Women in Troy, Virginia. She is prisoner #311655. She was convicted in February 2002 for poisoning her third husband Chuck by spiking his Gatorade with methanol...
" - Diane Fleming is suspected of poisoning her third husband with methanol after his mysterious death in June 2000, but she maintains that she is innocent.
Season Nine (2010)
- "Amanda McGhee" - Amanda McGhee and her boyfriend Andrew are suspected of gunning down her father and stepmother in their home in June 2007.
- "Michelle Hall" - Michelle Hall is charged with murder for the July 2008 shooting death of her third husband, although she claimed he had killed himself.
- "Stacey CastorStacey CastorStacey Castor is a resident of Clay, New York and is a convicted murderer. In 2007, she was charged with second degree murder, second degree attempted murder, and offering a false instrument in the first degree...
" - Stacey Castor poisons her husbands with antifreeze in January 2000 and August 2005 and tries to frame her daughter for the crimes. - "Esther Wadley" - Esther Wadley is charged in November 2007 for conspiring to kill her ex-husband so she could regain custody of the couple's daughter.
- "Carla HughesCarla HughesCarla Hughes is a former middle schoolteacher from Canton, Mississippi who was convicted of two counts of capital murder for the November 29, 2006 slayings of her lover's pregnant fiancee Avis Banks and her unborn child...
" - Carla Hughes was a middle school teacher who was suspected in the November 2006 slaying of her lover's pregnant fiancee in their garage. - "Michelle Reynolds" - Michelle Reynolds, a minister's wife, organizes the July 2004 stabbing death of her husband at his workplace with her secret lover.
- "Martha Pineda" - Martha Pineda is a cougar who is accused in the December 2003 overdose death of her boyfriend when his body is found in her apartment.
- "Shannon Crawley" - Shannon Crawley, a 911 dispatcher, becomes suspected of shooting her ex-boyfriend's new fiancee out of jealousy in January 2007.
- "Karen Grauber" - Karen Grauber admits to shooting her husband in January 2006 at her Philadelphia daycare, but also makes claims that he was abusive.
- "Kelley Cannon" - Kelley Cannon is the prime suspect in the June 2008 murder of her ex-husband, a prominent attorney, in the middle of a bitter divorce.
- "Brigitte HarrisBrigitte Harris caseBrigitte Harris was a Queens, New York woman who committed the suffocation and castration murder of her Liberian-born father Eric Goodridge in her Rockaway, Queens apartment. Both Brigitte and her sister, Carleen Goodridge, had claimed that their father had raped and sexually abused them since they...
" - Brigitte Harris endured years of sexual abuse by her father, and in July 2007, she gets her revenge when she strangles and mutilates him.
Season Ten (2011)
- "Tausha Morton" - Tausha Morton spent years moving from man to man, but four years after the August 2004 disappearance of her ex-husband Mitch Kemp, she is charged with murder.
- "Marcia KellyMarcia KellyMarcia Gayle Kelly is a convicted American female murderer serving life without parole for orchestrating the murder of her husband James. She is incarcerated at the Mountain View Unit in Gatesville, Texas, and her inmate number is #1381826.-Crime:On October 23, 2005, truck driver James Kelly was...
" - Marcia Kelly was a respiratory therapist who was implicated by her teenage daughter's friends in the October 2005 murder plot of her truck driver husband James. - "Courtney SchulhoffCourtney SchulhoffCourtney Christine Schulhoff is an American female prisoner who bludgeoned her father to death in their Altamonte Springs, Florida apartment when she was 16 years old She was convicted of first-degree murder and was sentenced to life without the possibility of parole in September 2006...
" - Courtney Schulhoff's father forbids her to see her older boyfriend, but the young lovers get their revenge by beating him to death in his apartment in February 2004. - "Kelly RyanKelly RyanKelly Ann Ryan is a former International Federation of BodyBuilders professional fitness competitor.- Personal and professional background :...
" - Kelly Ryan and her husband Craig Titus are accused of killing their assistant in December 2005, then disposing of her body in a burning car in the Las Vegas desert. - "Wendi Andriano" - Wendi Andriano was tired of waiting for her husband to die of cancer, so she decides to bludgeon him to death and slash his throat in their apartment in October 2000.
- "Amber Trudell" - Amber Trudell's extramarital affair with her yoga instructor, Michael Dojaquez, ends violently in September 2003 when she shoots him to death on his front porch.
- "Sarah KolbMurder of Adrianne ReynoldsThe murder of East Moline, Illinois teenager Adrianne Leigh Reynolds made national headlines. She was strangled, beaten, burned, and dismembered by her classmates Sarah Anne Kolb and Cory Gregory on January 21, 2005.-People Involved in Incident:...
" - Sarah Kolb felt threatened by the new girl in school, Adrianne Reynolds, so she and Cory Gregory strangle, bludgeon, burn, and dismember Adrianne's body in January 2005. - "Linda Pedroza" - Linda Pedroza and her boyfriend Antoine Wright are accused of strangling her mother to death with an electrical cord in June 2000, then disposing of the body in the woods.
- "Michelle Hetzel" - Michelle Hetzel and Devon Guzman are involved in a lesbian love triangle, but when Devon decides to break it off, she is found slashed to death in her car in June 2000.
Further reading
- http://www.amazon.com/dp/0060846208Die, My Love: A True Story of Revenge, Murder, and Two Texas Sisters, by true crime author Kathryn CaseyKathryn CaseyKathryn Casey is a true crime writer, novelist and journalist. Author Ann Rule has called Casey "one of the best in the true crime genre."-Early life and education:Born in Wisconsin, Casey settled in Texas with her family in 1980...
about Piper Rountree and her husband's murder (2007)] - She Wanted It All: A True Story of Sex, Murder, and a Texas Millionaire, by Kathryn Casey about the Celeste Beard and Tracey Tarleton case (2005)
- http://www.amazon.com/dp/1591027594Murder Behind the Badge: True Stories of Cops Who Kill, a book by former police officer Stacy DittrichStacy DittrichStacy Dittrich is an American mystery novelist, true crime author, former police detective from Ohio, law enforcement media analyst, and speaker.-Career:...
, which includes the Antoinette Frank case (2009)] - http://www.amazon.com/dp/0312982003Bitter Almonds:The True Story of Mothers, Daughters, and the Seattle Cyanide Murders, by Gregg OlsenGregg OlsenGregg Olsen is a Gregg Olsen is a Gregg Olsen is a [[New York Times]] and a USA Today bestselling [[author]] of eight nonfiction books and six novels, most of which are crime-related...
, the story of Stella Nickell (2003)] - http://www.amazon.com/dp/1588205320Death in the Desert: The Red Binion Homicide Case, by true crime author Cathy ScottCathy ScottCathy Scott is an American true crime writer and investigative journalist, born and raised in San Diego, United States growing up in nearby La Mesa, California...
, about defendants Sandy Murphy and Rick Tabish (2000)]
External links
- Official UK website at Crime & Investigation Network (UK)