Writing Snapped Inmates

Status: Incarcerated In season 7, episode 30 the murder of her lover 's pregnant fiancée, Avis Banks by Carla Hughes is shown. This murder occurred in the state of Mississippi . Oxygen describes this episode of Snapped as Carla Hughes was a middle school teacher who was suspected in the November 2006 slaying of her lover 's pregnant fiancée in their garage Pittman met Hughes in August 2006 at Chastain Middle School, where they both were teachers. They became friends and began a sexual relationship. Pittman testified that Banks had been unaware of his relationship with Hughes. According to Pittman, Hughes had remained in the relationship despite her knowledge that Pittman planned to marry Banks and that Banks was pregnant with his child. Pittman said Hughes had referred to him as her “future husband” when they were around Hughes's friends and relatives. Pittman also testified that Hughes had been unhappy that Pittman would not leave Banks. Pittman testified that he...

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. ...

Status: Released  In Snapped Season 19, Episode 7, the story of Michelle Byrom is shown. This ends badly for her husband Edward in the state of Mississippi. Michelle Byrom who was nearly executed won a new trial and has since been released from prison. In late May and early June 1999, Byrom began looking for someone to kill her husband.   After attempting to hire at least one other person, Byrom contracted with Joey Gillis (Gillis) to kill Byrom, Sr. Byrom and Gillis negotiated a price of $15,000, which was to be paid from the victim's life insurance proceeds.   The Byroms' son, Edward Byrom, Jr. (Junior), who assisted his mother in finding a killer, was aware that Gillis had been hired to kill his father.   Gillis attempted to kill Byrom, Sr. on two separate occasions prior to the murder.   Both attempts went unnoticed by Byrom, Sr. Byrom suffers from Munchausen Syndrome  and had been intentionally ingesting rat poison for at least three years pri...

Status: Incarcerated In Season 22, episode 5, Oxygen's Snapped, the story of Tameshia Shelton is shown This does not end well for Daniel Young as they end up dead in the state of Mississippi. Tameshia Shelton was convicted by a jury of the murder. The show is described as: A young man ends up dead while out hunting; investigating whether this is a case of an accidental shooting, or if there is a more sinister explanation Shelton claimed to have heard one shot shortly after Young left her house. She alleged that she searched for Young, calling his name. According to Shelton, she found Young ten to fifteen yards from the driveway, lying face-down in the grass under a large tree. She claimed that Young was grunting. Shelton immediately called 911 and remained on the phone until officers responded to the scene. She reported the incident to the 911 dispatcher as “an accidental shooting” and mentioned—several times—that Young had intended to shoot a raccoon. Tutt...

Status: Incarcerated The story of Verina Childs and her husband, Doug is the subject of Oxygen's Snapped show, season 12, episode 11. Oxygen describes the show as: Verina Childs is a Mississippi wife accused of shooting her husband Doug during a November 2009 hunting trip, but she denies involvement..  Verina and Doug had left home just before daybreak to go hunting.   Verina was carrying her 30/30, and shortly after arriving in the woods, she and Doug separated.   Verina later told the investigator that she had a stomach ache, so she sent Doug a text stating that she was going back to the house.   After using the restroom at home, she unloaded her rifle, removed her hunting clothes, and sent Doug a text stating that she was going to clean around the house.   Shortly thereafter, Tina Reed pounded on the door and asked Verina to come with her.   They went to the shooting scene and saw Doug's body lying on the ground. Deputy Commander Mahyar Netadj, following Verina...

Status: Incarcerated Kristi Fulgham's story is told in Oxygen's Snapped, Season 16, episode 6. The show is described as Kristi Fulgham and her teenage half-brother Tyler are accused of the May 2003 shooting death of Kristi's husband, Joey. The murder of Kristi's husband, JosephT. "Joey" Fulgham is depicted in the state of Mississippi. Kristi Fulgham is Sentenced to death on December 9, 2006. She was later resentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole Kristi and Joey Fulgham married in 1991 and lived in the Starkville area.   They had two children, Tyler and Darian Fulgham.   Both children lived with them, along with Hayley, Fulgham's daughter by another man. Approximately a year and a half prior to Joey's death, Fulgham and her children moved out of the marital home and began living with Fulgham's boyfriend, Kyle Harvey.   However, by May 2003, Fulgham had moved back in with Joey, and the two were working o...