Susan Wright: The Blue-Eyed Butcher

This week we dive into the case of the Blue Eyed Butcher. Susan Wright had been married to her husband Jeffrey for 5 years when she stabbed him 193 times all over his body. Yes. One hundred and ninety three times. She then buried him in their backyard and it was nearly a week until someone was alerted to the murder. But there may have been more to this story than first met the eye….

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‘Cold Justice’ prosecutor Kelly Siegler faces possible contempt in Harris County death penalty case, federal judge warns - by Gabriel Banks in the Houston Chronicle 

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Wright v. State

'Blue-eyed butcher' sentenced to 20 years By Lena Jakobsson

Tx. Woman Who Tied Husband up in Bed and Stabbed Him 193 Times in 2003 Is Released from Prison By Chris Harris in People, December 31, 2020

Susan Wright, woman who killed husband in 2003 by stabbing him 193 times, freed from prison

Susan Wright formally released from prison after 16 years behind bars By Jessica Willey

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New York court clears woman of murder in battered-wife case By Aman Ali

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