The crime
Marie Hilley poisoned her husband, Frank, for a life-insurance payout; poisoned her daughter, Carol, for the same reason, although Carol survived; may have also poisoned her mother, mother-in-law, son and daughter-in-law, and more than a few neighborhood children, for…no apparent reason; passed a bunch of bad checks in and around Anniston, AL while waiting for Carol to die and cover Hilley’s nut; jumped bail on the theft charges and posted up in Florida under the name Robbi Hannon, where she married the willfully clueless John Homan and repaired with him to New Hampshire; decid—

“Chrissakes, how long does this list go on?” A while. Grab some gorp. …As I was saying: decided, although she had to date gotten away with lamming it and probably could have indefinitely, to fake her (well, “her”) own death, then reappear as her thinner and blonder twin, Teri, which prompted the NH locals to fact-check her shit; got busted and returned to Alabama to stand trial, AND THEN…