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Snapped Stephanie Stephens and David Stephens

Status: Deceased

In Oxygen's Snapped, Season 2, episode 8 the story of her older husband David, a former surgeon, and Stephanie Stephens is shown. This happens in the state of Mississippi. Oxygen describes this show as: Stephanie Stephens is accused of giving her older husband Dr. David Stephens, a former surgeon, a lethal dose of etomidate and atricurium in May 2001..

Stephanie Stephens died of Double Pneumonia in October 2006 after serving only five years. She was 38 years old.


Her appeal includes: In 1987, Dr. David Stephens, a prominent heart surgeon, moved to Hattiesburg to establish a cardiovascular program at Forrest General Hospital.   Accompanied by his wife, Karen, and two children, David began to establish a new life in Mississippi.   However, this new life was not to commence without incident and tragedy.

In March 1996, Karen confronted David at their home about an affair David was having with another woman, allegedly Stephanie Kennedy, his nurse.   In the heat of their argument, Karen retrieved a pistol, which discharged in her mouth and rendered her immediately paralyzed from the neck down and eventually resulted in her death some two months later.   Karen's death was ruled a suicide over David's objection, who wanted it to be ruled an accidental death.

Despite demonstrating signs of guilt and depression over Karen's death, David began openly dating Stephanie, and the two were married in 1997.   Shortly after his marriage to Stephanie, David suffered a stroke which resulted in hospitalization, missed time from work and a loss of eyesight.   To this end, his loss of sight rendered David unable to perform surgical procedures which he had previously performed.

You can not write to Stephanie Stephens as she is deceased.






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