S3 E1 • Donna Yaklich

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.

Première diffusion : 28 août 2005

S3 E2 • Yesenia Patino

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.

Première diffusion : 4 septembre 2005

S3 E3 • Manuela Garcia

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.

Première diffusion : 11 septembre 2005

S3 E4 • Jeena Han

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. Then, 23-year-old Jeena developed a gambling habit and began stealing and forging checks to pay her debts. When she needed help, her sister Sunny took her in. But sibling rivalry and close quarters proved too much. Their volatile relationship drove them apart. In November of 1996, two assailants bound and gagged Sunny and her roommate, but police intervened before they were harmed. Cops quickly traced the murder attempt back to Sunny's twin sister, Jeena. Prosecutors say it was part of a devious plan to assume Sunny's identity and leave the country. Jeena and her two accomplices were tried and convicted. She is serving 26 years to life in prison.

Première diffusion : 18 septembre 2005

S3 E5 • Dora Cisneros

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.

Première diffusion : 25 septembre 2005

S3 E6 • Kimberley Kondejewski

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.

Première diffusion : 2 octobre 2005

S3 E7 • Mary Thompson

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. But when Aaron was executed in his home, police began to suspect that Mary wasn't leveling with them. Two teenagers were convicted of the shooting, but wiretaps on Mary's phone revealed a startling secret. Eugene's anti-gang activist was actually running a street gang out of her living room. And as police had suspected, Mary had ordered the hit on Aaron. She was tried and convicted of aggravated murder and hindering prosecution. Mary was sentenced to life in prison, but on appeal that sentence was reduced to 25 years.

Première diffusion : 9 octobre 2005

S3 E8 • Laura Rogers

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.

Première diffusion : 16 octobre 2005

S3 E9 • Linda Lou Charbonneau

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

Première diffusion : 23 octobre 2005

S3 E10 • Stella Nickell

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.

Première diffusion : 30 octobre 2005

S3 E11 • Kim Anderson

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. Shortly after the birth of her fourth child, Kim's marriage to Brent began to falter. Brent filed for divorce in October of 2000, and a bitter custody battled ensued. Just a few days before the divorce was to be final, Kim called 911 and told police that she had shot her husband.

Première diffusion : 6 novembre 2005

S3 E12 • Gail Bennett

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.

Première diffusion : 13 novembre 2005

S3 E13 • Deidra Lane

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.

Première diffusion : 20 novembre 2005

S3 E14 • Michelle Theer

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

Première diffusion : 27 novembre 2005