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Snapped: Women Who Murder

Jessica Riggins

Snapped: Women Who Murder

Oxygen

Tv & Film, News, True Crime, Justice, True Crime Podcast, Women, Crime, Murder

4.34.3K Ratings

🗓️ 4 April 2021

⏱️ 45 minutes

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Summary

A look at the case of Jessica Riggins, who snapped in 2007 when she shot her husband before trying to flee the country. What drove her to murder?

Season 8, Episode 19

Original air date: January 15, 2012

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0:00.0

In a four-part series, The Generation Y Podcast unravels the story of Khalif Browder, a young

0:05.8

boy falsely accused of stealing a backpack and held it Reikers Island for three years

0:11.0

without trial.

0:12.4

This is a story about a young life caught in the middle of the justice system.

0:16.2

Listen to Generation Y on Amazon Music or wherever you get your podcasts.

0:20.1

Hi, I'm Lindsey Graham, host of Wonder East Podcast American Scandal.

0:24.2

Our newest series looks at the trial of the Chicago Seven, a case involving protests of

0:28.8

the Vietnam War and the legal fight that became a referendum on the soul and future of America.

0:34.4

Listen to American Scandal on Amazon Music or wherever you get your podcasts.

0:40.2

It was a textbook troubled relationship.

0:46.5

She had him arrested many times for abuse.

0:50.5

She was the product of a broken home.

0:52.9

We ended up placed in foster care.

0:55.1

He was a violent alcoholic.

0:57.6

He was in and out of a job.

0:59.2

In and out of his mother's house.

1:01.4

And in August of 2007, their turbulent marriage would come to a bloody end.

1:07.3

There was one shot into the body.

1:09.8

Was it self-defense?

1:11.3

He was currently on probation for mis-defense offenses.

1:15.4

Or was it something else?

1:17.3

She didn't want rusty anymore, but she wanted that money.

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