Snapped - Episode Guide

In 1997, 32-year-old Celeste Beard hit the jackpot. That year, the thrice-divorced Austin housekeeper married her 75-year-old millionaire employer, Steven Beard. Suddenly, Celeste had it all: a Texas mansion, plenty of money, and a stable life for her two daughters. But on October 2, 1999, Celeste's picture-perfect life came crashing down with one blast from a 20-guage shotgun. That night, an armed intruder slipped into Steven's bedroom and fired a point-blank shot directly into his chest. Steven survived the initial shot, but five months later, died from complications related to his injury. By then, however, Texas authorities had a suspect in custody--Celeste's lesbian best friend, Tracey Tarlton. The former bookstore manager eventually implicated Celeste in the plot to kill her husband. At the trial, defense attorneys alleged Tarlton was simply a jealous woman with a terrifying and deadly love interest in Celeste. Prosecutors, on the other hand, claimed the Celeste had manipulated her fiend into perpetrating the shooting in order to inherit Steven's vast fortune. To support their claim, prosecutors even called Celeste's own daughters to the stand. Both girls testified that their mother had sought a hit man to silence Tracey before her arrest. The jury found Celeste guilty of conspiracy to commit murder and sentenced her to 20 years in prison.

Virginia Larzelere was well off, even by coastal Florida's relatively high standards. Her husband Norman was a successful Daytona Beach dentist, and Virginia enjoyed a beautiful home, expensive cars, a yacht and an airplane. But the good times came to an abrupt end on March 8, 1991, when a masked gunman broke into Norman's office and killed him with a shotgun blast to the chest. In the murder investigation that ensued, police quickly discovered that the Larzelere family was anything but ordinary. It appeared that the couple financed their lavish lifestyle by funneling narcotics through Norman's dental practice, and both engaged in numerous extramarital affairs. Digging deeper, the cops also uncovered a two-million dollar life insurance policy that Virginia had taken out on her husband. Then, the Larzelere's live-in help, Steve Heidel, came forward with the exact location of the murder weapon. Heidel told police that Virginia and her son, Jason, had asked him to dispose of the weapon following the shooting. On May 5, 1991, both Virginia and Jason were charged with first-degree murder in the death of Norman Larzelere. At her trial, prosecutors described Virginia as an opportunist looking to cash in on her husband's hefty life insurance policy. The defense, however, argued that Steve Heidel was the actual mastermind behind the murder. In the end, the jury sided with prosecutors and sentenced Virginia to death. In a separate trial seven months later, Jason Larzelere was acquitted on all charges.

Few smiles were brighter than those of Clara and David Harris. Both dentists, they shared a thriving practice and a seemingly perfect marriage. But that changed in July of 2003, when Clara began to suspect her husband was having an affair with his secretary. Intent on catching them in the act, Clara hired a private detective to tail the couple around town. A few days later, the detective called Clara to tell her that he had followed David and his secretary to a hotel rendezvous - the same hotel that Clara and David had been married in. Enraged over the news, Clara grabbed her stepdaughter and drove to the hotel to confront David. When Clara saw him exit the building, she gunned her Mercedes and ran over him - several times. At her trial, Clara's attorneys said she had been pushed to the limit by her difficult-to-please husband. According to the defense, Clara had quit her practice, hired a personal trainer and undergone plastic surgery in an effort to make David happy. But the jury showed her little sympathy, especially after watching a videotape of the vehicular homicide that had been taped by, ironically, the detective Clara had hired to tail David. Convicted of 2nd degree murder, she's currently serving a 20-year sentence.

Russian émigré Elena Kiejliches was living the American dream. At 36, she had two beautiful children, a millionaire husband, and a sprawling mansion in Staten Island's upscale Toldt Hill neighborhood. But Elena's fairytale life came crashing down in March of 2000, when her husband, Borys, went missing. A month later, Borys turned back up - dead and dismembered in a cardboard barrel found floating in a marsh in Queens. Police first suspected the Russian mob in Borys' death. But the focus of their investigation soon shifted to Elena after they learned she had been having an affair with a man named Messiah Justice, an aspiring rapper and con artist. Following an interrogation with Justice, police charged the Russian housewife with murder. At trial, Justice testified that he had helped Elena dispose of Borys' body, but that the Russian housewife had pulled the trigger herself. The prosecution contended that Elena had shot Borys after he had threatened to divorce her and leave her destitute. The defense, however, painted Justice as an opportunist looking to cut a deal with the DA. The jury found Elena guilty of second-degree murder. She was sentenced to 22 years to life in prison.

A bright and bubbly surgical technician, Kim Hricko led a comfortable middle-class existence with her husband, Steven. But the Hricko's sunny, suburban image vanished in smoke and flame on Valentine's weekend of 1998 when Steve and Kim went on a romantic getaway at a golf resort on Maryland's Eastern Shore. As part of the special Valentine's package, the resort staged a murder mystery play where guests watched the staged whodunit and then attempted to solve the puzzle. But after the play, the plot thickened when the couple's room caught fire and Stephen's charred body was discovered on the hotel room floor. Though Kim claimed her husband had gotten drunk and died from smoke inhalation, the resulting autopsy showed no signs of either alcohol or carbon monoxide anywhere in his body. At Kim's trial, the prosecution argued that she had knocked Stephen out with Succinylcholine - a nearly untraceable muscle paralyzer used in surgery - in order to collect on his $400,000 life insurance policy. Found guilty on both charges, she's currently serving life plus 30 years for arson and murder.

Lee Ann Reidel always had a thing for hunky men. So when she married Long Island gym owner Paul Reidel in 1998, everyone thought it was the perfect match. Lee Ann just had one small problem with her new husband - his crack cocaine addiction. In July of 2000, Lee Ann took the couple's infant son and moved in with her mom in Florida. After being separated for six months, the couple reconciled when Paul agreed to go into rehab. But just when things were starting to look up for the Reidel family, tragedy struck. On January 17, 2001, a gunman shot someone fitting Paul's description outside his gym in Long Island. When the police arrived at the scene, it wasn't Paul that lay dead on the asphalt, it was his partner and best friend, Alex Algeri. Detectives made their first break in the case when they arrested a drug-abusing bodybuilder named Scott Pagett. In his interrogation, Pagett fingered a Florida strip-club bouncer named Ralph "Rocco" Salierno as the actual triggerman. Pressing Pagett more, investigators discovered that Rocco and Lee Ann were having an affair. With the information in hand, authorities immediately charged the two for the murder of Alex Algeri. At their trial, prosecutors alleged that Algeri was the unintended victim of a scheme to murder Paul Reidel for his insurance money. Though Lee Ann and Rocco each tried to pin the murder on each other, the jury found them both guilty and sentenced the former lovers to life in prison.

Ruthann Aron was an overachiever. The wife of a respected urologist in the upscale D.C. suburb of Potomac, Maryland, Ruthann was a successful real estate developer and aspiring politician. In 1994, she made a run to be the Republican nominee for the U.S. Senate, but lost, partly due to a local attorney who dogged the campaign with allegations of shady business deals. Ruthann, however, was undeterred. In 1997, she was gearing up to run for a Montgomery County commission seat. But her political ambitions were thwarted yet again when a local landfill operator went to the police claiming she'd approached him about finding a hit man. After an elaborate sting operation, Ruthann was arrested for soliciting the murders of, not just her old political nemesis, but her husband as well. At trial, prosecutors claimed Ruthann feared her marriage was heading for a divorce, which might hurt her political career. In addition to the testimony of the landfill operator and the undercover cops, the prosecution had Ruthann's own voice on surveillance tapes literally spelling out the names of her intended victims. Faced with overwhelming evidence, Ruthann's attorneys argued that Ruthann was mentally ill. The trial resulted in a hung jury. Ruthann then pled no contest and served three years in the county jail.

24-year-old Joyce Cohen went from rags to riches when she met and married Miami construction millionaire Stan Cohen in 1981. Together, the couple lived lavishly in an exclusive Coconut Grove mansion, went skiing at their Steamboat Springs ranch, and partied all night long at Stan's Miami nightclub. But Joyce's party came to an abrupt end on March 7, 1986, when she frantically called 911 claiming that Stan had been murdered by three intruders that had broken into their mansion. To cops, the story seemed plausible. At the time, Miami was plagued with home invasion robberies and, like many Miami real estate developers in the 1980s, there were rumors that Stan was involved with some shady characters. But when a convicted felon already serving jail time came forward with information that Joyce had hired him and his friends to do Stan in, cops swept in and arrested her. At trial, prosecutors painted Joyce as a gold-digging murderess who killed Stan after he had threatened divorce. Faced with losing the luxurious life-style she had grown accustomed to, Joyce had plotted her husband's murder with three men she had met on the Miami club scene. The jury found her guilty of murder but was unable to reach a unanimous decision at her sentencing. With the jury deadlocked, the judge sentenced her to 25 years to life. Joyce will be eligible for parole in 2014.

To everyone who knew her, Susan Wright seemed like she had everything. Married to successful salesman Jeff Wright, she was a stay-at-home mom raising two adorable young children in their suburban Houston home. But, then, in January of 2003, Jeff mysteriously disappeared. Susan told others that Jeff had walked out after striking their five-year-old son. But, one of Jeff's co-workers became suspicious and called the cops. With police closing in, Susan eventually told local authorities that she had killed Jeff - in self-defense - and buried his body in the backyard. At her trial, the prosecution claimed Susan had killed Jeff not in self-defense, but for insurance money. Her lawyers, on the other hand, painted Jeff as an abusive husband and claimed that Susan killed him after he attacked her with a knife. But there were plenty of holes in Susan's story; 192 to be exact. That's how many times Susan had stabbed Jeff in "self-defense." The jury convicted Susan of first-degree murder and sentenced her to 25 years in prison.

Diane Zamora and her fiancé, David Graham, had a bright future ahead of them. High school sweethearts, the couple had met in 1991 as volunteers in the Texas Civil Air Patrol. She was an honor roll student bound for Annapolis, and he was a track star with an appointment to the Air Force Academy. But their ambitions to serve their country were derailed on December 4th, 1995, when a farmer discovered the battered body of Adrianne Jones, a sophomore member of David's high school track team, laying in a field. Brutally beaten, she had been shot in the head. After nine months of dead ends, investigators got a tip from one of Diane's Annapolis classmates. According to the informant, Diane had admitted that she and David had murdered Adrianne after David had confessed that he'd had sex with the girl. In September of 1996, both Zamora and Graham were arrested for the murder. Given separate trials, the young lovers turned on each other and said that the killing had been the other's idea. Neither defense worked. Both were found guilty and given life sentences.

Blond, spunky, & ambitious, Kristin Rossum seemed to be going places. A summa cum laude graduate of San Diego State University, she worked as a toxicologist at the San Diego medical examiner's office. Her husband, Greg, worked for an up-and-coming biotech firm. Well-educated, highly intelligent, and good-looking, their future seemed limitless. But Kristin's picture-perfect life came to an end on November 6, 2000, when she returned home from work and found Greg dead of an apparent suicide, his body covered in rose petals. At autopsy, police discovered Greg had died from an overdose of the drug, Fentanyl. Fentanyl, cops soon found out, was a drug Kristin had a lot of contact with at her toxicology job. When police learned that a large amount of the drug had been reported missing from the lab where Kristin worked, they hauled her in for Greg's murder. At her trial, prosecutors said that Kristin had poisoned Greg with the drug and then covered his body with rose petals mimicking a scene from her favorite movie, "American Beauty" in an effort to make the cops believe the death was a suicide. As for motive, prosecutors asserted that Kristin had developed a secret addiction to crystal methamphetamine. When Greg threatened to expose Kristin's drug habits, she plotted his death with a co-worker she'd been having an affair with. Portrayed as a lying and manipulative druggie, the jury found Kristin guilty of Greg's murder and sentenced her to life in prison.

By most accounts, Debra Baker had the perfect job. She was the bookkeeper and business manager of Jerry Sternadel, a millionaire Texan entrepreneur. She was also a close confidant of Sternadel's wife, Lou Ann. They were so close that many, including Lou Ann's husband, began to suspect that the pair were more than just friends. In 1990, Jerry fell deathly ill. As he lay in his hospital bed, he told anyone who would listen that he thought Debra and Lou Ann had poisoned him. He died shortly afterward. A follow-up autopsy revealed that Jerry had ingested a lethal dose of arsenic. When a trace of the poison was found in a storage shed rented to Debra, she was immediately arrested and charged with Jerry's murder. At trial, prosecutors painted a picture not of a love triangle, but of a hate triangle. Jerry hated his wife and wanted to divorce her. Debra hated her boss. And Lou Ann hated the thought of losing her lavish lifestyle. Prosecutors argued that Debra had poisoned Jerry before he could divorce her beloved friend, Lou Ann. Based on the evidence of the arsenic found in Debra's storage shed, the jury found her guilty of murder. But in a surprising legal twist, the same jury that had convicted her sentenced her to only10-years probation and fined her $10,000. In 2003, Debra Baker was arrested for parole violations. She was sentenced to 10 years in prison.

The daughter of a wealthy Michigan businessman, Carolyn Warmus enjoyed a life of privilege that included a swanky apartment on New York's Upper East Side and an all-expenses-paid education at exclusive Columbia University. After earning a Masters degree in elementary education, Carolyn landed a job teaching computer science at Greenville Elementary in Scarsdale, New York. There, she met and began dating a popular sixth grade teacher named Paul Solomon. Paul, however, just happened to be a married man. Their torrid affair continued until Paul made a gruesome discovery on the evening of January 15, 1989. That day, he found his wife, Betty Jean, shot to death in the couple's condo. The focus of the subsequent investigation quickly centered on Paul's obsessed lover, Carolyn Warmus. Sorting through Carolyn's phone records, investigators discovered that the blond bombshell had made a few calls to a P.I. named Vinnie Parco. Parco admitted to police that he had sold Carolyn a .25-caliber automatic - the exact weapon used to kill Betty Jean Solomon. There was also evidence that Carolyn had purchased ammunition from a New Jersey gun dealer on the exact day of the murder. Though it took two trials, Carolyn Warmus was eventually found guilty of murder and sentenced to 25 years to life in prison.

Betty Wilson has quite an interesting story to tell about the untimely demise of her physician husband,Dr.Jack Wilson, who had been brutally murdered in his Boulder Circle home on May 22, 1992. Police responded to a 9-1-1 call at 9:30 p.m. Betty made after she returned from her AA meeting and found poor Jack lying dead on the upstairs floor. A baseball bat and a knife had finished off the good doctor. Betty was so grief-stricken that for 24 hours she couldn't be questioned by police. The following day she told police everything she knew, which wasn't much. As to the killer's identity, Betty stated her guess was as good as theirs. Within a few days, however, the Shelby County Sheriff's office passed on a tip about one James Dennison White, a known drug addict, alcoholic, child molester, & paranoid delusional schizophrenic,who bragged about killing a doctor in Huntsville. White claimed he was contracted as a murder for hire by a woman he had met through her sister, Peggy Lowe, a schoolteacher. White was infatuated with Peggy Lowe. He claimed she had recruited him with the promise of a sexual tryst to kill Dr. Jack Wilson for his wife, Betty Wilson. Police jumped on this one and paid the grieving widow a visit to inquire about her connection to James White. Betty was none too happy about the visit.

Adele and Steven Craven were the perfect suburban couple. Adele was a trained mortician; Steven was a high-flying Delta Airlines pilot with a sky-high salary. They had a beautiful home in upscale Covington, Kentucky; their two young sons loved their school; and Steven could reach the Delta hub at Cincinnati in minutes. Being close to the airport was also convenient for Adele.

Rita Gluzman solicits her cousin to murder her estranged husband with an ax and dispose of his remains in the Passaic River in New Jersey in April 1996. When police discover garbage bags full of body parts being thrown into a river, Rita Gluzman becomes the prime suspect.

Investigation leads officials to an internet chatroom after Bruce Miller is shot to death in an apparent robbery gone bad.

When successful attorney Larry McNabney's body is discovered in a Sacramento winery his wife Elisa is suspected of the crime.

Albuquerque county commissioner Gene Gilbert is shot in his basement and his wife Teri is suspected of committing the crime.

Donna Somerville, a hospice nurse, is suspected of murder in November 2001 when her wealthy husband's autopsy reveals poison in his stomach.

Stephanie Stephens is accused of giving her older husband, a former surgeon, a lethal dose of etomidate and atricurium in May 2001.

A sexy little Las Vegas siren with a taste for rich men snares a wealthy sports bookie, kills him for his ready cash, dumps him in the desert, blames it on the mob, and gets away with it. Or at least would've, if it wasn't for you meddling kids!

On the evening of Nov. 7, 1995, three men broke into the home of Jack and Linda Jones. They tied up Linda while she watched helplessly as the thugs beat her husband to death with a bat. But when one of the assailants was later arrested, he fingers Linda Jones as the mastermind in the brutal murder.

Outraged that her multi-millionaire boyfriend wants to end their affair, a cheating wife bashes his head in and nearly gets away with it.

Dante Sutorius had lived an unusual life. She's been married and divorces four times. She met her fifth husband, Darryl, through a dating service. He was a recently divorced doctor, and petite, vivacious Dante was just what he needed. Darryl lavished her with gifts and soon proposed marriage. 

At 22, Pam Smart had a devoted husband and a good job. Though she had ambitions of being on television, she enjoyed working with teenagers as the media director at Winnacunnet High School in Hampton, New Hampshire. Then in May of 1990, Pam's life took a tragic turn when her husband, Gregg, was found shot to death in their home after an apparent robbery.

A flirty Oklahoma City Baptist Sunday school teacher and her insurance salesman lover are looking a t a cool $800,000. The only hitch is it's the payoff on her husband's like insurance policy. To get the money, they have to murder him--and that gets them the death penalty.

At 31, Donna Yaklich was married to a Pueblo Colorado narcotics detective, and raising a son and four stepchildren on the family's farm. One December evening in 1985, shots rang out, killing her husband Dennis. The authorities struggled to find clues to the execution style shooting.

Yesenia Patino was the other woman. The exotic 34-year-old brunette was living very comfortably, thanks to her generous, and married, lover Daniel Willoughby. In February of 1991, Dan's wealthy wife was brutally murdered while on vacation in Mexico. Arizona authorities opened their own investigation, suspicious of husband Dan and his mistress.

German native Manuela Garcia had fallen in love with an American serviceman and moved to Colorado. But 15 years into her marriage, the mother of three wanted to return home. Instead, in July of 1996, Manuela landed in a Colorado police station, after hacking her husband to death with an axe.

Jeena Han had overcome a difficult childhood to become co-valedictorian at her high school, just like her twin sister Sunny. The South Korean native seemed headed for success. 

A doctor's wife and mother of five, Dora Cisneros led an ordinary suburban life in Brownsville, Texas. She lavished attention on her youngest daughter, Christina. So when Christina's heart was broken, Dora took matters into her own hands.

Kimberley Kondejewski had married her high school sweetheart. But, John, a Canadian Army instructor, soon became an abusive, controlling husband. After two children and 17 years of abuse, Kim decided to end the marriage. On May 14th, waiting with a loaded shotgun, she killed John and turned the gun on herself.

Mary Thompson was a prominent figure in the Eugene community. She was outspoken about her son's struggle to stay out of gangs and about the dangers other children in the community faced. She even teamed up with a popular high school senior, Aaron Iturra, to educate other students on gang violence.

Laura Rogers was trapped in an unhappy marriage. Her husband, Walter, was controlling and abusive and had used his contracting work to move the family often and isolate them from friends and relatives. Then, in April of 2004, Walter was killed by a single shotgun blast. Laura claimed it was suicide, but police saw through her story.

Linda Lou Charbonneau orchestrates the murder of her ex-husband in September 2001, and her third husband in October 2001.

Stella Nickell was settled into a comfortable life with her husband, Bruce. They lived together in a trailer on a few acres with a view of Washington's Mt. Rainer. But Stella wanted more. Then, in June of 1986, Bruce dropped dead on the deck of the trailer. Doctors said it was emphysema; Stella swore it was the Excedrin he'd taken just moments before his collapse.

Blonde, beautiful and ambitious, Kim Anderson never had any trouble finding success or successful men. In fact, by the time she was 34, Kim had been married to two of them, and had given birth to two children by each. Her second husband, Brent Anderson, was a successful divorce attorney from the nearby town of Celina.

Gail Bennett had led a life of hard choices. Raised on a Texas farm, she had spent her childhood taking care of her siblings. When she left home, she began a string of bad marriages. By 1990, she was filing for her third divorce. With one daughter grown, and a son living with her second ex-husband, Gail was at a crossroads in her life. That's when ex-husband number three, Tony, convinced her to come back to him.

Deidra lane claims that abuse is what caused her to shoot her football player husband, but police find that years earlier she had committed the crime of larceny as well.

Michelle Theer, a marriage counselor, resorted to murder to get out of her own marriage in December 2000.

It looked like Sandy Murphy had hit the jackpot when she started dating wealthy casino heir Ted Binion. But, Sandy's luck took a turn for the worse when Binion was found dead in his home, and she became a key suspect.

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 is a woman who stands up and finally brings the reign of her abusive husband to a violent end.

Donna Fryman shot her husband to death and then claims self-defense.

In 2002, quiet Iowa wife Dixie Shanahan shot her husband in their bedroom, then left the room and shut the door. It stayed shut for more than a year. When police finally discovered the body, they learned the truth behind a terrible crime and an unlikely killer.

It started out as fun and games when Sheila Davalloo and her husband played "guess what I'm touching you with." But, the fun ended when Sheila touched her husband with the blade of a knife.

Iowa woman, Phyllis Nelson, stabs her estranged husband in the chest after confronting him about an affair.

Former Miss Savannah, Nikki Redmond, fatally shoots her boyfriend after learning he is cheating on her, but claims self-defense.

Piper Rountree is the prime suspect in the shooting death of her ex-husband, a college professor, on his driveway in October 2004.

Just when Mary Ellen Samuels found herself on the verge of a messy divorce, her husband turned up dead. The investigation that followed would reveal a bewildering conspiracy that included two hit men who'd been hired to kill the hit man who'd been hired to kill Mary Ellen's husband.

Melinda Raisch was able to successfully rebuild her life after her first husband was brutally killed during a home robbery. Two decades later, however, the soccer mom would finally have to face the truth, and the cops, about the mysterious murder.

When 16-year-old Sarah Johnson snuck out to spend the night with her older boyfriend, her mom and dad grounded her. She would soon find herself facing a far more serious punishment after police found her parents brutally murdered.

When Joan Shannon's soldier husband was shot to death by her teenaged daughter, it didn't take long before authorities suspected that mom may have played a role in the demise of her well-insured spouse.

Martha Freeman made a bold choice when she let her lover move into the closet of her guest bedroom. But, when his snoring woke her husband one night, she made an even bolder, more sinister choice.

Amy Bosley knew she was in trouble when she didn't pay taxes for the family business. But, it would be the police, not the IRS, who ultimately came after her when she killed her husband to keep him from finding out.

Kimberly Cunningham was furious when she learned that a family friend had molested her daughter - and when she confronted the attacker, she brought a gun to help make her point.

In 1987, four-time divorcee Margaret Frost married Las Vegas real-estate mogul, Ron Rudin. On December 18, 1994 64-year-old Ron mysteriously disappeared.

Jane Dorotik, a successful healthcare executive, murders her estranged husband in February 2000 so she would not have to pay alimony.

A summation of the case of Susan Polk, who was convicted of second-degree murder in the October 2002 death of her therapist husband.

Claire Welsh is a prom queen accused of shooting her boyfriend Jack Mileski in January 1997.

Life was good for Kentucky bar owners Vicki and Gerald Monroe. But, when Gerald turned up dead and Vicki's son blamed her for the crime, she would go from serving drinks to serving time.

Mary Krueger caught her husband with a prostitute in the kitchen of their Iowa farmhouse, and she had a rifle in her hand when she made the discovery.

Brookey Lee West ended years of mother-daughter conflict when she put her unstable mother away. But, Brookey had new problems when police discovered her mother had been "put away" inside a trash can in a Las Vegas storage unit.

Daphne Wright kills her ex-girlfriend's friend in February 2006 and then dismembers the body with a chainsaw.

Melanie McGuire drugs and shoots her husband in April 2004, then dismembers his body and disposes of his remains in the Chesapeake Bay.

Mary Winkler was desperate to find her way out of a financial crisis and escape a troubled marriage. This wholesome preacher's wife exchanged virtue for the ultimate vice.

Jessica McCord spent seven years embattled with her ex-husband over the custody of their two daughters - until she convinces her new husband to shoot her ex-husband.

The pretty and ambitious 24-year-old law student, Adrienne Hickson, was looking forward to a career in criminal law and spending the rest of her life with her college sweetheart, Shawn Washington. In June, 2007, the former law student found herself in a courtroom, not as an attorney, but as a defendant.

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 is a Texas woman who went to extreme measures to exact revenge on her cheating husband, who she had many cosmetic surgeries for just to please him.

Lynn Turner used antifreeze to poison the two men in her life, her police-officer husband and her firefighter boyfriend.

Wealthy ranch owner Kathleen Denson's fast life of money, sex and drugs came to a screeching halt when her boyfriend was shot and she was caught with the smoking gun.

Misty Witherspoon is suspected of murdering her policeman husband with his own gun to get his life insurance, in order to cover up her embezzlement of funds from her church.

One-time beauty queen and Akron socialite Cynthia George is found by police to be living a secret life linked to a murder.

Lisa Whedbee and her lover are accused of conspiring to murder her husband in May 1994.

Erika Sifrit, a scrapbooker, and her husband are charged with murdering another vacationing couple in Ocean City, Maryland in May 2002.

Malaika Griffin, a biochemist, shoots her neighbor in May 1999 then eludes authorities for more than six years.

Sharon Daniels, a teacher, claims abuse in the shooting death of her second husband, a preacher and school bus driver, in September 2005.

Nurse, Michelle Michael, becomes bored with her life and sets fire to her house for the insurance, after giving her sleeping husband a lethal injection.

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 had three things she cherished in life, drinking, drugs and dancing. But when she ran short on money she decided her husband was worth more to her dead than alive.

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 did not want a divorce from her mathematics professor husband, so she and her lover Brett Rae beat him to death in November 1994 then attempted to hide his body.

Ann Trexler is accused of hiring a hitman to kill her ex-son-in-law Ron Stovall in October 1998 so he could not take custody of her granddaughter.

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, a chemist, uses arsenic to get out of her marriage in December 2000.

Elicia Hughes is suspected of shooting her husband, Brian, in their home in June 2004 after learning of his infidelity.

Linda Fields is accused of taking a life insurance policy out on her ranch hand, then taking him out in December 2003.

Tracey Frame is a mother who is hailed as a hero when she kills a home intruder -- but a secret journal leads police to suspect she may have planned a cold-blooded murder.

Shawna Nelson was convicted in January 2007 for the shooting death of her lover in which the police detectives believe was a case of fatal attraction.

Jeanette Sliwinski's modeling career was failing, and in a suicide attempt in July 2005, she claims the lives of three musicians.

Leslie MacKool is accused of stabbing her mother Janie Ballard 74 times in September 2003 so she could inherit her parents' multimillion-dollar estate.

Ashley Humphrey and her husband, a bodybuilder, are the prime suspects in the July 2003 murder of Sandra Rozzo, a Florida bartender.

Larissa Schuster, a biochemist, is accused of hiring James Fagone for killing her estranged husband Timothy Schuster in July 2003, then disposing of his body.

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 Linehan's fiance Kent Leppink is gunned down in the Alaskan wilderness in May 1996, and ten years later she is charged in the murder.

Beth Carpenter had a promising law career, but when her brother-in-law Buzz Clinton found dead on a highway in March 1994, she becomes the prime suspect.

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, 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 and her boyfriend, Alan Mackerley, are charged with murder after the February 1996 disappearance of Alan's business rival, Frank Black.

Jocelyn Dooley is charged with murder after police locate the body of her husband, pit boss, Vol "Bubba" Dooley in June 2001.

Renee Poole's husband Brent is gunned down on his wedding anniversary in June 1998, and police suspect his wife plotted the murder.

Nikki Reynolds pleads guilty after stabbing her adoptive mother, Billie Jean, to death in May 1997.

Jennifer Hyatte is a prison nurse turned fugitive after fatally shooting a prison guard in August 2005.

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 was a student teacher whose husband Eric McLean murdered 18 year-old dropout Sean Powell in March 2007.

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 is accused of soliciting her lover to bludgeon her husband, Canadian Air Force Major David Turenne, in February 1996.

Kelly Forbes is accused of strangling her newlywed husband to death in November 2007, and then claims self-defense.

When Michelle Michael called 911, saying her husband had shot himself, it was quickly clear that her story was not credible. Supersized with additional footage.

Jill Rockcastle, a poker player's wife, stabs her husband to death in April 2007 in their Las Vegas condominium.

Denise Miller is suspected of killing her on-again, off-again boyfriend, police officer Wayne Irby, in December 2004 after a bitter breakup.

Tracie Andrews is the prime suspect in the December 1996 stabbing death of her fiance, Lee Harvey, in a road rage incident.

Anne Marie Stout's husband is shot dead in their home in June 2007, and she is charged with his murder.

Rhonda Glover, a Texas beauty queen, is charged in the July 2004 shooting death of her satanic boyfriend in his Austin, Texas home.

Karen Tobie and her neighbor Lynne Blake orchestrate the shooting death of Karen's husband, plumber John Cataneo, in June 2004.

Jane Andrews, the former aide to the Dutchess of York, bludgeons and stabs her lover, Tom Cressman, to death in September 2000.

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.

Elicia Hughes is suspected of shooting her husband, Brian, in their home in June 2004 after learning of his infidelity. Supersized with additional footage.

Amanda McGhee and her boyfriend Andrew are suspected of gunning down her father and stepmother in their home with her father's gun in June 2007.

Michelle Hall is charged with murder for the July 2008 shooting death of her third husband, although she claimed he had killed himself.

Yesenia Patino was the other woman. The exotic 34-year-old brunette was living very comfortably, thanks to her generous, and married, lover Daniel Willoughby. In February of 1991, Dan's wealthy wife was brutally murdered while on vacation in Mexico. Arizona authorities opened their own investigation, suspicious of husband Dan and his mistress. Supersized with additional footage.

Stacey Castor poisons her husbands with antifreeze in January 2000 and August 2005 and tries to frame her daughter.

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 Hughes was a middle school teacher who was suspected in the November 2006 slaying of her lover 's pregnant fiancee.

Michelle Reynolds organizes the July 2004 stabbing death of her husband Thad Reynolds.

Martha Pineda is accused in the December 2003 overdose death of her boyfriend when his body is found in a Rubbermaid container.

Julie Lynn Turner is suspected of murder after the death of her boyfriend in January 2001. Supersized with additional footage.

Shannon Crawley becomes a suspect in the shooting of her ex-boyfriend's new fiancee in January 2007.

Karen Grauber admits to shooting her husband Tony Grauber in January 2006 at her Philadelphia daycare.

Kelley Cannon is the prime suspect in the June 2008 murder of her ex-husband and prominent attorney, James Cannon.

Donna Fryman shoots her live-in ex-husband, an up-and-coming interior designer, during a disturbing domestic dispute in January 2004. Supersized with additional footage.

Brigitte Harris endured years of sexual abuse by her father, and in July 2007, she gets her revenge when she binds & gags him.

A Missouri man goes missing, and his ex-wife holds the key to the mystery.

Darlene Gentry shoots her husband in their home in November 2005 and stages the scene as a robbery so she can collect life insurance. Supersized with additional footage.

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. Supersized with additional footage.

Marcia Kelly was a respiratory therapist who had convinced her teenage daughter & her friends to gun down her truck driver husband in October 2005.

Shayne Lovera did not want a divorce from her mathematics professor husband, so she and her lover Brett Rae beat him to death in November 1994 then attempted to hide his body. Supersized with additional footage.

Courtney Schulhoff's father forbids her to see her older boyfriend, but the young lovers get their revenge by beating him to death with a baseball bat in his apartment in February 2004.

Kelly Ryan and her husband Craig Titus are accused of killing their personal assistant Melissa James in December 2005, then disposing of her body.

Monique Berkley, her young lover, and her stepdaughter's boyfriend are behind the December 2005 shooting death of her husband, a Navy reservist. Supersized with additional footage.

Wendi Andriano was tired of waiting for her terminally ill husband Joe Andriano to die, so she decides to speed up the process in a fatal argument in October 2000.

Malaika Griffin, a biochemist, shoots her neighbor in May 1999 then eludes authorities for more than six years. Supersized with additional footage.

Erika Sifrit, a scrapbooker, and her husband are charged with murdering another vacationing couple in Ocean City, Maryland in May 2002. Supersized with additional footage.

Amber Trudell's extramarital affair with her yoga instructor, Michael Dojaquez, comes to a violent end in September 2003.

Jessica McCord and her husband murder her ex-husband and his new wife in February 2002, then dispose of their bodies. Supersized with additional footage.

Sarah Kolb is suspected of murder in the January 2005 murder of a schoolmate.

The pretty and ambitious 24-year-old law student, Adrienne Hickson, was looking forward to a career in criminal law and spending the rest of her life with her college sweetheart, Shawn Washington. In June, 2007, the former law student found herself in a courtroom, not as an attorney, but as a defendant. Supersized with additional footage.

Linda Pedroza and her boyfriend Antoine Wright are accused of murdering her mother in June 2000 and then disposing of the body.

Michelle Hetzel and Devon Guzman are involved in a lesbian love triangle, but when Devon decides to break it off, she is found dead in June 2000.

Shawna Nelson was convicted in January 2007 for the shooting death of her lover in which the police detectives believe was a case of fatal attraction. Supersized with additional footage.

One-time beauty queen and Akron socialite Cynthia George is found by police to be living a secret life linked to a murder. Supersized with additional footage.

Lisa Whedbee and her lover are accused of conspiring to murder her husband in May 1994. Supersized with additional footage.

Misty Witherspoon is suspected of murdering her policeman husband with his own gun to get his life insurance, in order to cover up her embezzlement of funds from her church. Supersized with additional footage.

Dalia Dippolito gets caught for hiring a "hitman" to kill her husband in August 2009.

Jessica Riggins was an Arizona woman in the process of divorcing her husband Rusty Riggins, but resolves to end her marriage in an alternative way on August 2007.

Ann Miller Kontz, a chemist, uses arsenic to get out of her marriage in December 2000. Supersized with additional footage.

Courtenay Savage blamed her former friend for the failure of their business, so she resorts to shooting up the woman's home on three different occasions in July–September 2006.

Nancy Seaman was an award-winning elementary schoolteacher from the Detroit suburbs who is accused of killing her husband Bob in May 2004, then trying to dispose of his body.

Amy Bosley knew she was in trouble when she didn't pay taxes for the family business. But, it would be the police, not the IRS, who ultimately came after her when she killed her husband to keep him from finding out. Supersized with additional footage.

Ashleigh Pechaluk was a young Canadian woman who became involved in a love triangle and the murder of her lesbian lover's boyfriend in October 2006.

When her roommates are killed, an Ohio woman and her boyfriend blame each other.

A woman goes to deadly extremes to help her son win a custody battle with his ex.

A mother-son relationship is tested when a murder comes between them.

A young woman's obsession with fantasy role-playing games ends with the real world murder of her father.

A custody issue is resolved when a woman and her new husband kill her ex.

Was the driver in a hit-and-run death an abused woman or woman scorned?

A love triangle between a preacher, his son and his girlfriend ends in the death of the preacher's wife.

A mother is hailed as a hero when she kills a home intruder -- but a secret journal leads police to suspect she may have planned a cold-blooded murder.

A widow and her stepdaughter accuse each other of murder - but only one goes on trial for her life.

One woman methodically exacts her revenge by ambushing the girlfriend of a former Chicago Bears star.

A wife refuses to watch a Star Wars cartoon with her husband, so he strikes her -- and she strikes back.

A beautiful blonde soccer mom has a history of manipulating men - but does that make her a murderer?

An Oakland hairdresser claims her boyfriend's death is an unfortunate accident.

A lesbian love triangle turns deadly when one woman disappears and police look to the other two for answers.

A man dies in an apparent freak accident, but soon his wife is accused of murder and more.

A mother responds to her estranged daughter's call for help and walks into a deadly trap.

An L.A. police detective turns suspect when DNA cracks a 23-year murder mystery.

A love triangle pushes two teenage girls into a deadly confrontation.

A brutal attack in a yoga shop leaves one victim dead -- and the other...a suspect.

When a beloved businessman's daughter is accused of his murder, she makes a terrible accusation of her own.

A mother schemes to save the expense of a divorce by recruiting her 16-year-old son to help end her unhappy marriage.

A single slip of paper in a grandmother's purse reveals a murderer's identity seven years after a case goes cold.

A doting father is shot down on his doorstep, and police find his killer too close to home for comfort.

A popular college basketball player's clash with her more studious roommate ends in tragedy.

A wife shoots her husband during a family hunting trip and authorities question whether it was an accident - or something more sinister.

A quiet California cul-de-sac becomes a crime scene when a couple's domestic drama reaches a deadly climax.

A popular police officer is killed, and the motive may be payback - by a woman scorned.

A secret affair between a woman and her church's pastor becomes public when they become suspects in a murder.

A college romance goes cold -- and ends with a murder that takes 22 years to solve.

A wife starts a New Year by ending her cheating husband's life.

A biology professor ends a faculty meeting with gunfire and reveals a surprising history of violence.

Two teen girls are brutally murdered - could one of their best friends be responsible?

A wife claims an intruder killed her husband, but the real mystery turns out to be the couple's secret lives.

A woman confesses to her husband's unsolved murder -- but was she telling the truth?

A woman complains about her ex-husband, but her venting has deadly consequences.

An old flame comes back to rekindle a romance and ends up charged with murder and arson.

A wife is the target of three assassination attempts, and her husband and his lover point the fingers at each other.

A former college teaching assistant kidnaps and shoots her fiancé after he breaks off the engagement.

A wife is charged with killing her husband, an attorney with financial woes - but was it a suicide, and was she wrongly accused?

A women's advocate and respected business owner snaps, turning a bitter custody fight into a plot for murder.

An army reservist disappears, and his temperamental wife appears to have cooked the evidence.

A multimillionaire's wife plots with her brother to put a permanent end to her husband's philandering.

A crime novelist's plot for her husband's untimely death takes an unexpected turn.

When a woman is brutally murdered and her neighbor attacked, police discover the two women share more than a property line.

A nurse's turbulent marriage flatlines when her husband dies from a lethal dose of liquid morphine.

A woman runs a boarding house with a killer eviction policy.

When a man and his girlfriend are attacked, the evidence leads detectives to his ex-wife's door.

A former teacher's plea of self-defense is called into question when secrets about her sordid secret work life are revealed.

A woman runs over her husband and claims it's a tragic accident, but video evidence calls her innocence into question.

A young widow blames depression, but was her husband's death more sinister than a suicide?

A discovery in the woods leads police to a troubled marriage, a drug overdose and a deadly plot.

A millionaire lottery winner goes missing, leaving his financial advisor in the spotlight.

A brutal fight leaves a New York woman fighting for her life and her freedom.

A suspicious fire hides a deadly secret and forces a son to testify against his only remaining parent.

A man's last will and testament points police to his murderer.

A deadly break-in pits mother against daughter, revealing a secret addiction.

The search for a missing man leads investigators to a surprising discovery.

The story behind the beautiful suspect in a brutal murder investigation and the trial that captured the nation's attention.

The anticipated conclusion to the story behind the trial that captured the nation's attention.

The murder of a church choir member uncovers a sordid secret and an unlikely love triangle.

A roadside shooting leaves one man dead, and exposes his wife's wild double life.

A murder in an isolated parking lot leads to betrayal, multiple suspects and a lot of finger-pointing.

A suspicious shooting reveals a pretty real estate agent's scandalous secret life.

The brutal murder of a homecoming queen shocks a NY town.

A custody battle, a shooting and a suicide on the train tracks all point to one woman.

A doting husband gunned down in Atlanta reveals a wife's secret addiction.

A brutal slaying and car fire leads police to a family conspiracy.

Did an Ohio man kill himself? Or could his fiancé be to blame?

A bizarre bombing, a body in a freezer and a jilted boyfriend lead police to a woman with a notorious past.

A college instructor dials 911, but will the police find a murder scene or a suicide?

A woman blames mistaken identity in her boyfriend's death, but does the evidence point to something more sinister?

Police unravel the mystery of a former Vegas showgirl, a dismembered body and a missing husband.

The murder of a Texas man reveals a deadly love triangle and destroys two families.

When a young Marine goes missing, police uncover his troubled marriage and a deadly plot.

A school nurse pulls the trigger, but was it self-defense or murder?

A mysterious bar fire reveals a murder and one woman's desperation to cover up her secret addiction.

After a deadly fight, a mother's secrets are exposed but she has a few surprises for the jury.

An elderly woman's death leads to shocking revelations about her daughter's double life.

A mysterious death leads one family into troubled waters as they search for justice.

After an alcoholic millionaire dies of seemingly natural causes, an unexpected betrayal reveals there may be more to the victim's death - and to his beautiful party-girl niece - than first meets the eye.

A family's suspicion leads them to the grisly truth about a young father's disappearance.

A pretty blonde survives the attack that kills her husband – but will her story hold up?

A devout mother pulls a gun and exposes the problems in her marriage and her mind.

A troubled small-town teen moves to Las Vegas in search of adventure, but Sin City gives her much more than she bargained for. Is she guilty of a gruesome murder, or an innocent victim of circumstance?

Best friends band together after a husband's death, but are they sharing a deadly secret?

A hunter's death has authorities tracking a killer, but the trail leads surprisingly close to home.

When Latin pop star Selena is found bleeding to death in a hotel lobby, authorities begin to suspect that Yolanda Saldivar-her number one fan and close friend, may not have been as loyal as Selena thought.

When a beautiful woman's much older husband disappears under mysterious circumstances, police suspect that more than just the woman's story has been cooked up.

In a classic game of good cop bad cop, a determined detective befriends a Wisconsin woman to solve her boyfriend's suspicious disappearance.

When a young mother of 16-year-old twins is found dead, investigators must delve deep into family's complicated relationship in order to unravel the mystery of her murder.

After a bedridden former police officer is executed in his own home, his wife's sordid secrets become public knowledge and turn the investigation in a surprising direction.

When a marriage ends in flames, police must determine whether it was an accident or an act of revenge.

The search for a missing man leads police to his girlfriend and a host of secrets about their past.

A woman is attacked and her wealthy lover killed, but police soon question her story.

A suspicious fire and a secret lover lead officials to ask if the wife was involved.

A young woman's rise from humble beginnings and her reconnection with a childhood crush seems like a fairy tale story in the making, but will her newfound happiness be destroyed by questions about a missing man?

An Arizona farmer's murder goes cold as speculation mounts about his wife's secret life and the role of a mysterious con man.

A man is abducted from his front yard; evidence from a Taser and a strange car accident lead police to an unlikely suspect.

A wealthy socialite and former model becomes the main suspect behind a car bomb murder outside an exclusive country club.

The mystery of a decapitated corpse leads police to make an unlikely accusation about a college student and her missing husband.

An arranged marriage goes awry, but was it the husband or his immigrant wife who set a deadly fire?

A brutal murder uncovers one couple's shocking history of domestic abuse and raises surprising questions about the identity of the aggressor.

The discovery of a murdered man exposes the dark and disturbing secrets hidden within his family.

A Snapped special episode: Three women are driven to extremes, all with one thing in common: social media.

A brutal attack with a hammer leads to claims of abuse and reveals a shocking secret life.

A prominent scientist is bludgeoned to death with a blue stiletto heel.

After a man is found dead on his boat, questions surface about his past and his wife.

A sudden illness ends a short marriage, but is the widow hiding a poisonous secret?

Police search for intruders but find a suspect much closer to home when a man is beaten to death in his own home.

A contractor's death leads to another death, three arrests and a shocking motive.

A family is willing to go to any lengths to get what it wants.

A young wife finds her husband dead, but the police uncover a web of lies and murder.

A young man reveals how cruel his mother was years after his father was tragically shot.

A murder in broad daylight causes the authorities to question whether it was an act of self-defense or a cold blooded murder.

Years after a deadly home invasion, a Texas woman faces new questions about the death of her mother.

They say a mother's love is forever, but when a dead body is found in a small town in Texas will it have one mother facing death?

A small town church is shocked when one member is shot and another stands accused.

A mysterious disappearance leads police to a woman pushing a trash can full of body parts down the street.

A car crashes into a tree, killing a man. Was it just a tragic accident or a murder plot?

A 13-year-old confesses to murder, but police suspect he's being manipulated by his half-sister.

A murder investigation which pits a son against his mother sheds new light on a previously unsolved death.

When remains of a dead body are discovered under a trailer, the police suspect that they belong to a man who disappeared 5 years earlier.

The celebrity murder that shocked a nation – one of the country's leading comedians is gunned down in his own home.

The investigation into a deadly home invasion reveals just how far a father would go for his daughter.

Michele seemed to have a perfect life of wealth and success, until her husband is found shot in his own bed; She faces tough questions about suicide, murder and money.

The poisoning of a prominent cancer researcher raises scandalous questions about one of his co-workers.

The investigation into an apparent farm accident reveals a tangled family plot with one woman at the center.

After an unstable upbringing, Sabrina was placed with a seemingly perfect foster family. However, the brutal murder of her foster mother raised questions about Sabrina's relationship with her foster father.

When a bullet is found in the head of a man's body assumed to have died of natural causes, the double life of his wife and daughter is exposed.

After a body is found in the snow, clues lead to an ex-girlfriend and a secret marriage.

Erin reports a brutal attack on her friend turned lover, but a secret relationship and allegations of abuse and a surprising twist to the investigation.

A best friend's betrayal reveals a woman's plot to murder her husband. The trail reveals shocking secrets of witchcraft, poison and juicy neighborhood affairs.

Amber finds her home ransacked, and the police find her fiancé dead in his bed. What at first seems like a home invasion gone wrong turns into a twisted situation, as melting snow reveals a clue.

After her husband is shot, Teresa sends authorities on the hunt for two gunmen but the evidence points to a killer much closer to home.

A Snapped Special Episode featuring two poisonous love stories: A wealthy socialite and a Midwestern woman who have only one thing in common.

After casually dating Katrina for less than a month, Eric is found dead in his apartment. The suspicious death leaves the police asking if it was a suicide, an intruder, or if Katrina has a deadly secret?

Lynette flees the country when her ex-boyfriend is shot during a custody dispute, but finding her is only one of the challenges investigators have to face.

Suzanne's marriage comes to an end when she and Frank's best friend begin a scandalous love affair. After Frank is gunned down, police discover a sick plot of lies and manipulation centered on their ongoing custody battle.

A missing person case goes cold until a nervous breakdown leads to a confession. Were the clues really there or was the evidence just cooked up?

A successful daycare owner finds her husband dead after an alleged home invasion, but police discover a shocking double life and a murder plan full of possible accomplices.

A family searches for a missing teen only to find out she's been betrayed by her closest friends.

The stabbing death of a young father is investigated. Included: claims that the killing was a drug hit.

A 39-year marriage ends in a brutal death, revealing a surprising tale of adultery and murder.

A Snapped Special Episode: Two cases gone cold leave the victim's families wondering if they will ever see justice.

A vicious attack leaves a man dead and his girlfriend under suspicion, but is there enough evidence to prove murder?

A pretty, young nursing student disappears and the investigation uncovers a deadly fued with her former best friend.

When a 79-year old woman goes missing, her daughter blames dementia but the rest of her family suspects someone much closer to home.

A church congregation is shocked when a deadly home invasion turns out to be part of a scandalous web of sex, lies and greed.

The search for a missing man leads to a disturbing discovery years later deep in his wife's closet.

The death of a state trooper leads to an all-out hunt for his killer, but the evidence points to his new wife and a big secret.

When the husband of a popular teacher's aide is shot to death, the investigation uncovers infidelity, teenage hit men and an airtight alibi.

A brutal death reveals a disturbing family secret and pits mother against daughter.

In this two part special Snapped examines the notorious case of the Menendez brothers: their background, their crime and the stunning trials that made history.

In this two part special Snapped examines the notorious case of the Menendez brothers: their background, their crime and the stunning trials that made history.

The community must decide who to side with after a mother's fury leads to a shooting in the woods.

A 17-year relationship ends in gunfire, leaving two children fatherless as cops ask - was it self-defense or was it an act of jealousy?

The discovery of an unidentified woman's decomposed body in a roadside ditch leads to a mystery that unravels a deadly love triangle.

She said her husband ran away with his much younger mistress, but after years of suspicion, police find him much closer to home.

When a camper goes missing, the search uncovers problems in his marriage and a deadly plot.

A beautiful college student and a successful attorney looked the perfect couple, but a shooting reveals the shocking secrets in their relationship; after reviewing the interrogation tapes a jury must decide whether to believe claims of self-defense.

A deadly home invasion leads to questions about a popular bartender, illegal drugs and the murder of her husband.

A shooting has investigators asking was it the work of a rebellious son, an abused wife or something far more sinister?

The discovery of a dismembered man rocks a close-knit town as shocking accusations spread about the alleged culprit-his doting mother.

A shocking murder raises questions about a young woman, her relationship with her boss and the possibility of multiple personalities.

The murder of a devoted family man leads investigators through a twisted tale of infidelity, betrayal and one woman's deadly plan.

A woman faces tough decisions when her husband is on life support due to a mysterious illness; the investigation uncovers whether she is a distraught wife in love or hiding a poisonous secret.

One man's brutal murder leads to questions about a doomed love triangle and the intentions of the woman at the center of it all.

A business man's mysterious death sends police on a years-long investigation that leads to suspicions of those nearest and dearest to him.

An attractive woman witnesses her ex-boyfriend's shooting, but can't remember what happened, raising questions about suicide, stalking and split personalities.

When a daughter discovers her parents' dead bodies within weeks of two other family members' murders, investigators wonder if the family is being targeted or if it could be an inside job.

A body encased in concrete leads to questions about a former sheriff's deputy and her boyfriend's ties to law enforcement.

When a body is discovered in the woods, authorities ask if he's the victim of revenge from an ex-girlfriend, her over-protective brother or her 14-year-old son.

A deadly shooting raises questions about an elderly man's business dealings and his friendship with a much younger woman.

While a community searches for a missing businesswoman, police uncover a shocking dispute with a money-hungry relative that they hope will lead them to a killer.

A young mother claims she was caught up in her boyfriend's murderous plan, but is she an innocent victim or a killer?

They say deaths come in three, but when a young woman falls ill after eerily similar deaths of her father and brother, suspicion turns to a family member and the limits of a mother's love.

In a shocking turn of events, a mother must face her demons when her daughter is left for dead after a vicious murder

A woman finds her husband dead and proclaims her innocence, but questions about his wealth, a suspicious fire and her scandalous past raise red flags.

A foreclosure leads police to a concrete grave and a twisted plot of deception, fraud and murder, as one woman goes to extraordinary lengths to avoid justice.

When a beloved Wisconsin father disappears, his wife blames drugs, but close friends suspect a violent confrontation that ended a marriage filled with secrets.

A churchgoing southern woman loses her husband to tragedy, but a cloud of suspicion haunts her new marriage and leads investigators to a new conclusion.

A violent home invasion leads to suspicion about the victim's stepdaughter and a mystery man, but a startling confession reveals a more intimate betrayal.

The life and crimes of master manipulator, and monster, Drew Peterson.

A popular cab-driver is shot dead, but the search for his killer reveals a possible conspiracy.

Insiders give personal accounts of the six day period between Tupac's shooting and his tragic death.

The murder of a well-liked widower leaves police wondering what secrets his marriage to his new, much younger wife might be hiding.

An Air Force sergeant is gunned down in his garage, revealing an elaborate conspiracy.

Police must unravel a mystery involving an Arizona couple, cross-country romance and a deadly plan.

A murder investigation turns into a case populated by demons, masks and a potential psychopath.

On Halloween night a knife-wielding intruder attacks and kills two roommates.

The sweet grandmother passing out candy is also hiding a deadly secret in her garage.

A massive Halloween bash ends with a young woman's mysterious disappearance.

Helen's boyfriend goes missing just as authorities find a dismembered torso.

The death of a police officer leads to a search for her killer.

A dead soldier's family questions his death when they learn suspicious detail from his wife's past.

When a missing man's body is found, his wife finds herself under a microscope.

When men who helped a "damsel in distress" turn up dead, authorities investigate.

Devoted to raising her daughter's child, a loving grandmother is found executed in her own home.

A man ends up dead while hunting; investigating whether this is a case of an accidental shooting.

An Arizona socialite claims she found a man dead, but police have reason to believe otherwise.

A young man is brutally murdered, and a woman is found covered in blood just hours later.

Death may have ties to international espionage, or the murderer could be someone closer to home.

When a young father goes missing, authorities suspect his illegal activities.

A generous couple opens their home to help others, but a deadly home invasion raises questions about lies and conspiracy under their roof.

A deadly fire burns a home and leaves one man dead; investigators assume the fire was an inside job.

A possible love triangle has deadly consequences for a prominent California lawyer.

A determined son urges police to investigate the disappearance of his father.

The investigation into the murder of a fellow officer plunges detectives into secrets and lies.

The death of a Texas racecar champion leads detectives down a winding road of suspects.

The case against Aileen Wuornos, the woman branded as America's first female serial killer.

A popular construction man in a tight-knit Texas town is found gunned down in his own home.

When a Brooklyn native is shot to death in Atlanta, police have to figure out if trouble followed.

The shooting of a religious family man could be a drug-related slaying or bloody family affair.

A quiet Wisconsin town is rocked when an eccentric father of four is found dead in his basement.

An Army vet survives two tours in Iraq, only to be gunned down in his own home.

A parking lot shooting in the dead of night leaves detectives with a long list of suspects.

An in-depth look at nurse Charles Cullen, one of America's most prolific serial killers.

Police believe a nurse may have committed up to 60 murders at a hospital in Massachusetts.

An elderly mother disappears after her troubled daughter moves back to the family farm.

A charismatic father and adored member of the local youth sports community is bludgeoned to death.

A small town church is stunned when a parishioner is murdered.

A father reports his son missing, launching an investigation that unearths a dark network of lies.

A doting grandmother alerts police when she recognizes her daughter's dead body on the evening news, triggering an investigation that proves blood isn't always thicker than water.

When authorities discover a young woman's body in a shed, they struggle to determine whether her killer is someone under her own roof or the result of an illicit affair.

The investigation into a missing mechanic sends Texas authorities on a wild goose chase.

An affluent grandmother falls victim to an elaborate murder plot fueled by passion and greed.

Sought out by serial killer, Ted Bundy, in the 1970s, Criminal Defense Attorney, John Henry Browne delves into his personal and professional journey to defend one of the most notorious killers in history.

Georgia police commence a home invasion investigation that leads them to uncover more twists.

A tumultuous household dynamic results in the deaths of four family members.

In Gilmer, Texas, firefighters find a man's charred body while battling a vehicle fire.

The murder of a local café owner uncovers a diabolical scheme fueled by scandalous temptation.

A jealous teenager's brash act of violence thrusts a shadowy affair into the national spotlight. The surviving victim, Mary Jo Buttafuoco sheds light on her side of the scandal that rocked America.

When the body of a beloved aircraft machinist is found stuffed in the trunk of his own car, investigators follow a trail of deception to a manipulative killer.

Under the guise of the "BTK Killer," Rader heinously murdered 10 people, over the course of 17 years, all while taunting Wichita police and media before finally being brought to justice, after 30 years of cold cases. In an exclusively-acquired interview, the "BTK Killer," which acronym stood for "bind," "torture," "kill" reveals his darkest secrets and what drove him to murder. The special features exclusive interviews with experts and the journalists that were tormented by him.

In the fall of 2011, homicide detectives in towns over two-hundred miles apart connect two separate murders to one ruthless killer.

When the owner of an Ohio landscaping company is found shot to death in his bed, the ensuing investigation exposes an elaborate web of sex, obsession, and power.

A homicide investigation in Gig Harbor, Washington reveals the dark lengths one woman will go to for her family's safety.

A contentious divorce and custody battle lands one father in the crosshairs of a sniper.

One of the most notorious citizens of Durham, North Carolina finds herself under scrutiny after her boyfriend is stabbed.

When a man returns home from a party and finds his caregiver shot to death, detectives must sift through a complicated network of animosity and resentment to find their killer.

The murder of a benevolent owner of a landscaping business sends shockwaves through a small Ohio town.

When a charred human torso is discovered on a Native American reservation in Montana, local and federal investigators join forces to piece together a heinous crime.

When the bodies of two grandparents are tragically found left for dead, investigators toil to determine whether the slayings were motivated by simmering vengeance or insatiable greed.

When medical examiners determine that a terminally ill Arizona man may have not died from natural causes as his family previously thought, a homicide investigation begins to unravel the truth.

The disappearance of a Michigan man triggers a tragic chain of events that ends in another man's death nearly 400 miles away.

An investigation into the murder of a small-town bus driver exposes secrets that lurk behind closed doors.

An investigation into the disappearance of an Iowa mother sends police in two states on a wild journey, during which they encounter a volatile love triangle, stolen identity, arson, and a relentless stalker intent on carrying out payback at all costs.

The discovery of a charred body in the bed of a burning pickup truck ignites a homicide investigation in Atlanta, Georgia.

When a pair of Amish teenagers on horseback come across a man's body in a field, detectives in southern Michigan work to piece together an atrocious crime.

Two young boys are left fatherless when an Air Force sergeant is gunned down by a pair of intruders in his San Antonio home.

An investigation into the heinous murder of a college student in Las Vegas ignites an international manhunt and exposes a lethal love triangle.

The murder of a New Jersey entrepreneur leaves investigators stumped... until months later, when a drug bust brings to light a murder plot riddled with greed, addiction, and betrayal.

The suspicious shooting of a delivery truck driver shrouds the Sunshine State in darkness.

When the decaying body of a Baltimore man is discovered in his garage, detectives use advanced law enforcement technology to pinpoint a cunning killer.

The peace of an Indiana town is interrupted on Valentine's Day 2003, when police receive a report of a violent murder.

While investigating the murder of a man who was gunned down in his delivery truck, police in California uncover an affair with deadly repercussions.

When a mother of two is found floating in a creek, investigators in Tennessee work to untangle a twisted murder plot.

While investigating a tragic murder, Wisconsin police must work their way through a complex web, spanning across the nation, with alleged mafia ties and scandalous text messages.

After a home invasion in Ohio leaves a corrections officer dead, investigators use controlled calls and an undercover sting at a motel to solve the case and expose a cruel plot with a bloody ending.

An investigation into the disappearance of an Arkansas couple leads a law enforcement team on a manhunt through the rugged terrain of the Ozarks and into unforeseen danger.

When a revered fire lieutenant is gunned down in his driveway, detectives navigate stories of a long-standing neighborhood feud and a surprise cancer scare to piece together a conspiracy plot involving young pawns manipulated by a cunning mastermind.

After a man is shot just a few feet inside his New York home, the ensuing investigation brings to light a murder-for-hire plot spurred by greed.

When police searching for a missing Indiana man discover a body on a riverbank, they launch an investigation that unearths a surprising story of an open marriage and evidence of a brutal torture.

Police in a small Pennsylvania town respond to an eyewitness report of a murder behind a grocery store and find that the victim is no stranger to law enforcement.

When a young mother is executed and her family critically injured, investigators piece together haunting clues and an earlier murder to capture deranged killers with a spiritual calling.

After a young mother disappears with a woman claiming to be a social worker, an investigation into her whereabouts ends in a gruesome discovery.

A family recovering from one devastating loss is hit with another when a man finds his sister stabbed to death in her living room.

When a newlywed couple is gunned down outside a Texas church, small town cops realize they know the victims as they uncover a murder plot fuelled by twisted family ties.

A family's life is turned upside down when a ghost from their past returns for revenge.

When a devout single mother vanishes from her home, investigators fear she's been abducted by a group of teens hell-bent on a devilish plan; they race to find her before it's too late.

When a man goes missing in a rural small town in Tennessee, family members and detectives band together to uncover scandalous secrets fueled by greed and lust.

After a beloved father vanishes, his family and the police work tirelessly for four years to find him; a familiar witness comes forward and leads detectives to finally expose a diabolical conspiracy which may have been paid for by sexual favors.

When the body of a newlywed is spotted at the base of a cliff in Glacier National Park, local and federal authorities join forces for an investigation that will put their skills to the ultimate test.

After a well-known saddle maker passes away from an apparent heart attack, police find reason to question the natural death after rumors about drugs and embezzlement come to light.

The discovery of a victim's burning body disrupts the peace one February night and puts investigators on the trail of an elusive criminal whose desire for financial gain led to murder.

When a household is targeted by gunfire twice in a short amount of time, investigators in rural Missouri sift through a community in search of a family's enemies which leads them to a mastermind pulling strings.

An investigation into the mysterious death of a loving mother leads authorities to uncover a diabolical plot hatched close to home.

After an endearing World War II veteran and family man is laid to rest from apparent natural causes, a surprise witness surfaces with murder accusations, sparking a police investigation into a devious predator.

When a body is discovered in the trunk of a burning car, police in Ohio sift through the ashes for clues... but as the years slip by without an arrest, will a killer evade capture?

The discovery of a body in a wildlife management area launches a murder investigation that forces a group of friends into the hot seat. When police think they find a surprising clue and possible hidden message the case breaks wide open.

An investigation into the murder of a military hero tests the bonds of military camaraderie and unravels a myriad of secrets, lies and hidden identities.

A woman's innocence is called into question after her husband dies from a mysterious malady and encourages detectives to take a deep dive into her past.

When a man is ambushed by a firestorm of bullets outside his home, investigators follow a twisted trail of suspects to a vindictive mastermind.

A new look into the case of Lyle and Erik Menendez; evidence and firsthand accounts.

The trial of Scott Peterson who was convicted for the murder of his wife and unborn child.

Charged with first degree murder and sentenced to life in prison with the possibility of parole after 23 years; now, three years into her sentence, Arias plans an appeal.

A killer escapes his past and finds a new hunting ground in a city of dreamers.

A killer escapes his past and finds a new hunting ground in a city of dreamers. In 2019, after a decades long hunt across four police departments, Michael Gargiulo, now known as The Hollywood Ripper, faces trial for brutally murdering 3 young women.

In a case that became a media firestorm, a powerful lawyer and his new bride are slain, and detectives try to track down a scorned socialite, unearthing twisted tales of adultery, restraining orders, and alleged abuse.

To celebrate its 500th episode, "Snapped" reveals its never-before-aired pilot, a story swirling with infidelity, a doctor's millions and two twin sisters who are anything but identical.

In a brand-new jailhouse interview, Sabrina Zunich tells the chilling story behind her foster mother's murder and describes the salacious secrets that led to it. In her own words, she details why she snapped and how she feels about it now, behind bars.

From 1993 to 2000, the quiet community of Fort Smith, Arkansas was terrorized by a twisted serial killer, a deranged necrophiliac who targeted elderly and vulnerable women. He became known as The River Valley Killer. Produced by Catalina Content with Jeff Collins, Deborah Allen and Russell Heldt serving as executive producers.

The man known as the Happy Face Killer viciously strangled eight women and dumped their bodies along the road.