Overview
- She drove her car into a lake with sons Michael, 3, and Alexander, 14 months, inside, later revealing the vehicle and children were at the bottom of the water.
- She initially claimed a Black man had carjacked the vehicle with the boys inside before confessing after nine days of televised pleas and a large search effort.
- Prosecutors said she killed to win back a wealthy lover who had ended their affair, while the defense cited depression, dependent personality disorder, and a supposed suicide plan.
- Expert testimony indicated the car would have floated for about six minutes, during which she could have rescued the children, and jurors chose life imprisonment over a death sentence after a swift guilty verdict.
- The parole board unanimously denied release in November 2024 as her ex-husband urged rejection, and 2022 reports detailed flirtatious prison letters and charges against two officers over sexual relationships with her.