'How to Murder Your Husband': Romance Novelist Turned Killer

Behind the picture-perfect marriage of a longtime Massachusetts police detective Brian Fanion and his devoted wife, secrets were beginning to surface, and just months before retirement, another woman entered the picture. Then Amy Fanion was found dead from a gunshot wound, shot with her husband's service gun, yet her husband insisted she had taken her own life… but a series of unsettling discoveries would leave investigators questioning everything, from the couple’s troubled marriage to what really happened inside their home that afternoon. Find out what happened on this episode of Crimes of Passion with Law&Crime's Sierra Gillespie. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

A Florida law professor is gunned down in his own driveway in broad daylight. No witnesses, no immediate suspects, and no answers. For years, the case goes cold, but the deeper they dig into Dan Markel's life, the more they realize this wasn't random. Get the full story on this episode of Crimes of Passion with Sierra Gillespie, presented by Law&Crime. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

A private investigator was reported missing by her partner after she never came home from running errands. Taylor Wright, a former police officer turned PI, was embroiled in a heated legal battle with her ex-husband over custody and finances. Wright lent her money to a friend to hold while she was handling things in court. Weeks after Wright’s disappearance, investigators found her body on a farm property; the same property she visited the day she went missing. Get the full story on this episode of Crimes of Passion with Sierra Gillespie, presented by Law&Crime. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

First responders rushed to a Massachusetts home when a panicked woman called 911. Christine Ricci said her husband, Michael, lunged at her while she was holding a knife during a heated dispute, lodging the weapon in his heart. As investigators pieced together the evidence, Christine's self-defense story wasn't quite adding up. Get the full story on this episode of Crimes of Passion with Sierra Gillespie, presented by Law&Crime. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Natalie Ramstrom was found dead inside her boyfriend’s home, with her body hidden beneath garbage bags after she had been shot in the head. What followed was a yearslong mystery as Efrain Medina fled to Mexico, spent a year hiding, and then faced three trials that all ended without a verdict. In the end, Medina admitted to manslaughter and a weapons charge, but the judge still struggled to accept his plea, calling him a “killer and a coward” before sending him to prison. Get the full story on this episode of Crimes of Passion with Sierra Gillespie, presented by Law&Crime. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices