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Snapped Lisa Costello and Frank Black

Status: Paroled

In season 7, episode 8 the murder of Alan's business rival, Frank Black by Lisa Costello is shown. This murder occurred in the state of Florida. Oxygen describes this episode of Snapped as Lisa Costello and her boyfriend, Alan Mackerley, are charged with murder after the February 1996 disappearance of Alan's business rival, Frank Black.

The victim, Frank Black, was Mackerley's competitor in the charter-bus industry.   The State's theory of the case was that Mackerley tricked Black into coming down to South Florida from New Jersey, and when Black arrived, Mackerley killed him.   The State presented evidence through the testimony of Black's family and friends that a woman from Florida called Black in New Jersey, said that she was interested in purchasing some school vans, and invited him to come to Florida to discuss the deal.   The woman, who identified herself as Mia Giordano, was supposedly representing an exporting company wishing to ship the buses to South America.   Giordano arranged to pick up Black at the airport and take him to the place where he would stay for the evening, and, then, she and Black planned to meet the principals to the deal for dinner.   According to one of Black's business associates, the woman instructed Black to look for her when he got off the plane in Florida and described herself as “five foot tall, all legs, blonde, and the hottest thing he'll see when he gets off the plane.”   Mia Giordano turned out to be Mackerley's girlfriend, Lisa Costello.

After Black failed to return to New Jersey from his business trip and none of his family or friends heard from him, he was reported missing.   Leanna Black, the victim's daughter, testified that her father told her of his plans to travel to Florida to discuss selling his buses with a prospective buyer.   Black told Leanna that he planned to fly from New Jersey to Florida on Saturday, February 24, 1996, and to return home on Sunday or Monday.   Diane Black, the victim's other daughter, identified his signature on a Kiwi Airlines Boarding Pass, dated February 24, for a flight from Newark, New Jersey, to West Palm Beach, Florida.




Lisa Costello pleaded no contest to reduced third-degree murder and false imprisonment charges in January 1999. She was sentenced to 10 years in prison but received credit for the 2 1/2 years she had already spent in jail, then got 1 1/2 years off at the end for good behavior.. Mackerly is serving life in prison in Florida. She was transferred to Connecticut because authorities believed he was trying to have her killed.



You can not write to Lisa Costello as she has been paroled.








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