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Snapped Mary Ellen Samuels and Robert Samuels

Status: Incarcerated

In Oxygen's Snapped, Season 4, episode 10 the story of her cinematographer husband, Robert Samuels and Mary Ellen Samuels is shown. This happens in the state of California. Oxygen describes this show as: Mary Ellen Samuels is charged with the December 1988 murder of her cinematographer husband and the June 1989 murder of her daughter's fiancé., James Bernstein.

Mary Ellen Samuels was sentenced to death on September 16, 1994

Her appeal includes: On October 31, 1988—approximately two months before he was killed— Robert Samuels went to his divorce attorney, Elizabeth Kaufman, and signed a document seeking changes to his divorce agreement. Robert Samuels wanted to run the Subway restaurant because he was unemployed and felt he would be better at running the business. He also wanted to reduce spousal support payments below the $1,200 per month level because he was no longer able to pay that amount. The modification was never filed because Kaufman was waiting for Robert Samuels to complete a portion of the paperwork.

You can write to Mary Ellen Samuels at:

Mary Ellen Samuels W54370
Central California Women's Facility
P.O. Box 1508
Chowchilla, CA 93610

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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