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...