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Investigation

  • Tried to paint over walls of bedroom
  • Filed a domestic report against husband at police station
  • Susan called her attorney five days later and confessed
  • Attorney informed Harris County District Attorney's Office of the body that Susan confessed

Initial Contact

  • Victim was tied to bed
  • Victim stabbed at least 193 times
  • Victim dragged into back yard
  • Victim partially buried in back yard

http://www.crimemuseum.org/crime-library/susan-wright

Biographical Info

  • Claimed being abused by her husband
  • Claimed husband used illegal substance

http://www.crimemuseum.org/crime-library/susan-wright

Jeff Wright

Susan Wright

Arrest/Charges

  • Susan turned herself into the courthouse
  • A few days later she was arraigned
  • Murder charges

Preliminary Hearing/Grand Jury/ Arraignment

  • No preliminary hearing
  • No grand jury
  • Plead not guilty to killing her husband by reason of self defense

Sentencing/Appeals

Plea Bargaining/Trial

  • Sentenced to 25 years in prison
  • Conviction upheld by the Fourteenth Court of Appeals of Texas because Jeff's ex-fiancee presented her story of abuse
  • In 2010 her sentence was changed from 25 years to 20 years
  • Eligible for parole in 2014
  • http://www.khou.com/news/Jury-deliberates-Susan-Wrights-fate----again-106477053.html
  • http://www.crimemuseum.org/crime-library/susan-wright
  • No plea bargaining
  • First trial in 2004 the prosecutor Siegler believed she seduced Jeff and killed him to get his life insurance
  • Susan, her mother, and others testified to Susan being emotionally battered from abuse
  • Another trial held in 2010 because judge believed Susan did not receive a adequate representation

Correctional Treatment/Release/Post-release

  • Located in Gatesville, Texas
  • Treated in a psychiatric facility
  • Currently still in prison
  • Eligible for parole between 2014-2016
  • No post-release available until she has served her time

Susan Wright: The Blue Eyed Butcher

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