Snapped

• Matthew and Mary Winkler were well known in the small town of Selmer, Tennessee.
• When Matthew, a young pastor, didn't show up for a Wednesday night service, several congregants went to the Winkler home to check on him.
• 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.
• Mary said that between Matthew's constant criticism and arguments over money, she had finally snapped.
• Jessica McCord and her ex-husband Alan Bates had a bitter divorce, and an even more bitter custody battle over their two young daughters.
• When police discovered the bodies of Alan Bates and his new wife in the trunk of a torched car, it didn't take long to trace the Bates' movements back to the McCord home.
• The defense could only find one character witness to speak in Jessica's favor: her mother. The jury found her guilty and sentenced her to life.
• Pretty, ambitious, 24-year-old law student Adrienne Hickson was looking forward to a career in criminal law, and to spending her life with her college sweetheart, Shawn Washington.
• But after a fatal fight with her boyfriend, she found herself in a courtroom much sooner than she planned -- and on the wrong side of the law.
• After a loud argument in the parking lot of Shawn's apartment, the two decided to take the fight inside -- minutes later, Shawn stumbled back out, covered in blood and clutching his shoulder.
• When the jury deadlocked, Adrienne took an Alford plea, which meant she accepted punishment, without admitting guilt. She was sentenced to five years in prison.
• A baby registry mix-up brought expectant mother Sarah Brady to Sarah Brody's apartment.
• But, what started as a friendly visit would end with Brody dead and Brady under investigation for homicide.
• When Brady went to pick up her gifts, Brody pulled a knife. Brady managed to get the knife and stabbed the other woman, then ran for her -- and her baby's -- life.
• When police arrived, they found Brody dead on the living room floor; but they also quickly discovered that her pregnant belly was actually a fake, and her real name was not Sarah Brody, but Katie Smith.
• After a year-long investigation, police told a grand jury that they believed Sarah Brady had acted in self-defense.
• After nine years of marriage to a Navy man, Elizabeth Reynolds had settled back in the small Texas neighborhood where she and her husband both grew up. But the lonely Elizabeth soon became infatuated with a local man, Albert Benitez.
• Eventually they found Albert's would-be assassin -- and a money trail that lead right back to Elizabeth.
• Lynn Womack was a 911 operator when she met and married Atlanta police officer Glenn Turner in 1993.
• Two years later, Glenn went to the emergency room, complaining of vomiting, diarrhea and nosebleeds. By the next day, he was dead.
• The official cause of death was an irregular heartbeat. Four days after his funeral, Lynn moved in with another man, firefighter Randy Thompson.
• After Lynn's boyfriend died suddenly under the same unusual circumstances as her husband had died six years earlier, investigating police learned that she was using a special ingredient in her cooking: antifreeze.
• Kathleen Denson was a self-made woman living the good life in one of the wealthiest resort towns in America with local playboy Gerald 'Cody' Boyd.
• However, police found Cody Boyd, shot to death with an antique black-powder pistol that was part of his extensive collection.
• Denson's lawyers painted Cody as an out-of-control drug addict, and an autopsy report that showed Boyd was high on cocaine when he was shot. The jury believed it and Denson was acquitted.
• Hometown sweethearts Misty and Quinn Witherspoon were liked and admired in their peaceful Charlotte suburb.
• The entire community was in shock when Quinn was shot in his home the afternoon of September 13, 2005. Quickly, police discovered the couple had major money problems.
• While Misty awaited trial for murder, prosecutors charged her with embezzlement and identity theft. A jury found her guilty of Quinn's murder, and sentenced her to life in prison.
• Former beauty queen and Akron socialite Cynthia George's life seemed charmed. She met and married wealthy restaurateur Ed George in 1984, raised seven healthy children, and lived in a sprawling 8000-foot mansion.
• But behind her glamorous exterior, Cynthia hid a secret second life. Her secrets would be opened for the world to see when 44-year-old Jeff Zack was shot and killed by a man on a motorcycle in June 2001.
• Police were tipped off to John Zaffino, one of Cynthia's two lovers, and discovered he had bought a gun and a motorcycle just weeks before Jeff's murder.
• The judge found her guilty of complicity in the murder and sentenced her to life in prison, but she was released a year later after the District Court of Appeals ruled that the state failed to provide the evidence to support the judge's decision.
• Pretty, blond Lisa Whedbee and her handsome, athletic husband Rob seemed to be a picture-perfect couple.
• There were problems within the relationship, and Lisa tried to get a divorce and restraining order. When these failed, Lisa had her lover, Michael Frazier, break into their home and attempted to kill Rob.
• During his trial, in November 1995, Frazier claimed that he was trying to protect Lisa from an abusive husband who would not let her get a divorce. Lisa served a year in prison, and three years of probation.
• Elementary school teacher and divorced mother of two Sharon Rossum thought she had found the perfect man in Reverend David Daniels.
• But, after just two years, their marriage was in trouble and they fought constantly. She called police to let them know she shot her husband in self-defense.
• Forensic evidence showed that David was not shot in self-defense. Ultimately, Sharon accepted a plea agreement, which required her to serve only 10 years in prison.
• Linda Henning was a mild mannered fashion designer sewing a comfortable life for herself in the Southwest fashion circuit. The 48-year-old was romantically involved with a married man, the charismatic Daizien Hossencofft.
• In September 1999, Hossencofft's estranged wife Girly Chew disappeared. Police found evidence of a struggle in Girly's apartment, but her body was never found.
• Blood at the scene led them to Linda Henning. Based on forensic evidence, the jury convicted Henning of murder. She was sentenced to 73 years in prison.
• Ann Trexler relocated to Florida to spend her retirement years in the sun and to spend more time with her oldest daughter, Tina, and her six-year-old granddaughter.
• Tina's father, Ron, petitioned the court to give him primary custody, but the court never had a chance to rule on Ron's petition. On the morning of October 6, when Ron opened the door to leave for work, he was shot eight times.
• Faced with losing facetime with her grandmother, Ann hired a hitman for $10,000. It took just two hours to find Ann guilty and a jury sentenced her to life in prison.
• Stay-at-home mom Shawna Nelson had been juggling three kids, a husband, and a married lover for months. When it became too much, police say she decided to get rid of one burden: her lover's wife.
• Shawna waited for her rival outside of the credit union where Heather was a manager, then shot her execution-style. She was pulled over within minutes, and put under arrest for Heather's murder.
• In March of 2008, a jury found Shawna guilty of Heather's murder and sentenced her to life in prison.
• Gorgeous Jeanette Sliwinski was a real attention grabber and worked as a model. On the surface, Jeanette seemed confident, happy, and headed for success.
• On July 14, 2004, Jeanette slammed her red Mustang convertible into a Honda Civic at a stoplight, killing all three passengers. Jeanette came away with only a broken ankle.
• After claiming she had been trying to kill herself, the judge found her guilty of reckless homicide and sentenced her to eight years in prison.

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