Killer Spouses

These matrimonial-shattering cases take the vow "until death do we part" to a new horrific level.


Marcee Gray pens open letter.
Laurie Shaver
Vanessa Townsend reads from a sheet of paper
Woman defendant in court
Middle-aged, blonde male witness raises his right hand to swear in.
Robert Ceja testifies in court
A man testifies in court
Buried in Backyard Trial
Frank Merritt takes the stand.
Laurie Shaver in court
defendant reads paper statement in court
house with flowers outside
defendant reading paper statement in court
Woman Laurie Shaver sits in courtroom
Older gentleman in a suit speaks to a reporter out in the sunshine.
Bearded bald man in orange prison jumper appears for a Zoom pretrial hearing.
Lawyer being interviewed with photo of his defendent
Ashley Benefield sits in court
woman stands in courtroom
Mandy Pearson speaks to the camera
Kouri Richins in court.
Dark-haired young woman sits in court wearing a black blazer and white scoop neck blouse.
A woman in a blue shirt and hair in a messy bun sits in court
Christine Ricci sentenced.
Michael Ricci's Mother
Scott Peterson preliminary hearing
photo of Eric and Kouri Richins
woman and firefighter combo image
Closeup webcam video of a white male jail inmate in a ballcap on the phone.
man's mugshot