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Snapped Rhonda Orr and James Orr

Status: Incarcerated 

In season 7, episode 13 the murder of her husband, James Orr by Rhonda Orr is shown. This murder occurred in the state of Texas. Oxygen describes this episode of Snapped as Rhonda Orr's husband died in a house fire in May 2003, and she becomes suspected of arson when police learn that she is pregnant with another man's child.

Rhonda and James Orr married in 1999. James, who was disabled from a childhood injury and confined to a wheelchair, died in a house fire in the early morning hours of May 14, 2003. The State's theory at trial was that Rhonda, motivated by insurance money, intentionally started the fire that killed James. Rhonda contended that she and James, although in the process of a divorce, did not have a contentious relationship and that the cause of the fire could not be determined.

Former Little Elm Police Officer William Miller2 received a 9-1-1 dispatch around 3:45 a.m. that the fire department was en route to a house fire with a person still inside the house. He arrived “really quickly,” noticed smoke coming out of the house, and saw Rhonda, her daughter, and neighbors standing outside. Rhonda rushed up to him, pointed him to her house, and said her husband was still in the back bedroom. Rhonda told Officer Miller she had tried to get her husband out of the house but he had kicked her away and shut and locked the door.

Officer Miller said Rhonda went with him to the front door area of the house where she pointed him toward the master bedroom door. He then went into the house alone and found the door to the master bedroom locked. He called out for James but heard nothing. Officer Miller kicked in the door, and chest-high smoke billowed out of the room. Officer Miller entered the room and found the wheelchair but did not find James.3 He retreated toward the driveway, taking Rhonda with him from the front-door area. Rhonda insisted James was in the bedroom, so Officer Miller made two more unsuccessful trips into the master bedroom to find James. The fire and increasing smoke caused Officer Miller to lose his breath and start choking, and parts of the ceiling fell on him as he searched the master bedroom. Concerned for his own safety, Officer Miller felt he had to leave the house. Officer Robert Walton arrived near this time, and, trying to find a way into the house, he and Officer Miller went to the back of the house. Officer Miller kicked out the back window to the master bedroom with his foot, getting his boot caught in the window in the process, and causing air to rush in and the flames then to rush out.

Rhonda Orr is found guilty of setting the fire sentenced to 100 years.



You can write to Rhonda Orr at:



Rhonda Orr 1507163
Crain Unit
1401 State School Road
Gatesville, TX 76599-2999


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