As seen on Season 23 of Oxygen's Snapped, Denise Frei killed her boyfriend, Curtis Bailey. While she claimed battered woman syndrome, she later admitted to planning to kill him and did so with two others. She was sentenced to life in prison without parole in September, 2011. Her appeal includes ( see link ): The defendant killed her longtime boyfriend. At trial she raised a defense of justification based on evidence of battered women’s syndrome and a defense of insanity based on various diagnoses including depression and an anxiety disorder. She was convicted of first-degree murder. On appeal, she alleges the district court erred in denying her motion for mistrial and by giving improper jury instructions on justification, insanity, and reasonable doubt. Links Marengo woman admits she planned to kill her boyfriend with plastic wrap Denise Frei vowed to kill boyfriend Curtis Bailey, her friend testifies You can write to her at: Denise Frei 6394633 Iowa Co
As seen on Season 23 of Oxygen's Snapped, Sharon Maxwell was found guilty of murdering husband Gordon Lynn Maxwell, a Baptist preacher. Having been married ten times prior and sleeping around with others, police felt a possible motive may have been a life insurance policy. She was sentenced to life without. Her appeal ( see link ) includes: From the time Gordon Lynn Maxwell’s charred body was discovered in his partially burned truck in his backyard, until the conviction1 of Sharon Anne Maxwell for the murder of Gordon, her tenth husband, Maxwell2 furnished authorities at least three different narratives to explain Gordon’s death. We affirm the trial court’s judgment because (1) sufficient evidence supports Maxwell’s conviction, (2) admitting evidence of Maxwell’s recent contacts with Stroman and Campbell was within the trial court’s discretion, (3) admitting evidence of the biting incident w