Maria Spencer's Vow to Kill

48 Hours

CBS News

Tv & Film, True Crime

4.1 • 7.8K Ratings

🗓️ 21 June 2020

⏱️ 44 minutes

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Summary

A woman repeatedly threatened to kill her ex. She enlisted her father to help make good on her promise. Why couldn’t anyone stop her? "48 Hours" correspondent Peter Van Sant reports.

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0:09.4	Music
0:23.4	The week before Frank was murdered, we were at a go-kart race.
0:28.5	Frank would be running all these cars and it got so competitive and they loved it.
0:42.5	He couldn't quit a real competitor.
0:45.5	Yeah, he really, he just, he quit wasn't in him.
0:48.5	Frank's Spencer was, he was like a big teddy bear.
0:52.5	If he knew you, he'd cut a leg off, get up and ask if you need anything else.
0:57.5	He was one of a kind, great person, outstanding friend.
1:03.5	I've talked to at least five of Frank's friends who all told me they were Frank's best friend.
1:10.5	I think that speaks volumes about who Frank Spencer was.
1:14.5	Peter, this is the Frank Spencer residence, the scene of the murder.
1:20.5	Really unchanged since 2012.
1:22.5	Can you take me inside? Sure, let's go.
1:26.5	Frank Spencer's body was right here on these tiles.
1:30.5	Oh my.
1:32.5	Is that remnants of his blood here? It is.
1:37.5	We didn't have to ask each other, we knew.
1:39.5	We knew it was Maria, we didn't know who else might have been involved but we knew it was her.
1:43.5	Maria Spencer, to me, is a classic femme fatale.
1:48.5	An attractive woman, a seductress, who when a man becomes involved with her, this is going to end poorly.
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