Status: Incarcerated
On Oxygen's Snapped, Season 8, Episode 11 the story of the murder
of her husband Rusty Riggins by Jessica Riggins is shown. The show
is described as Jessica Riggins was an Arizona woman in the process
of divorcing her husband Rusty Riggins, but resolves to end her
marriage by shooting him and stealing his truck in his home in August
2007.
This happened in Arizona.
Jessica Riggins was Sentenced to life in prison with possibility for parole in 25 years
The appeal includes: Riggins was indicted on first-degree murder and related counts arising from the discovery by police of the body of her husband, dead in the master bedroom of his home from a gunshot wound to the back. The evidence at trial, viewed in the light most favorable to sustaining the conviction,2 demonstrated that Riggins had purchased the murder weapon three days before the shooting, shortly before the couple’s final divorce hearing. Riggins’ relatives testified that she had told them a week or two before the final divorce hearing that her husband had $30,000, and she intended to obtain all or part of that money. Riggins stayed at her husband’s house in Flagstaff several days before the final hearing, after spending the previous eight months separated from him and living and traveling out of state.The night before the shooting, she spent the night at another man’s house, watching movies, eating pizza, and drinking. She spent the day of the shooting at Oak Creek Canyon. She returned to her husband’s house that night, however.
Links
Snapped EpisodeTrue Crime Stories
Stories Of Abused Men In Arizona
Jessica Riggins is housed at Lumley Unit Perryville. You can write to her at:
Lumley Unit
Jessica Riggins 241637
PO Box 3300
Goodyear, AZ 85338
To view graves or obituaries, click on the victim name link. To read the full appeal filed by the killer, use the link on the killer's name.
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