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'''Marie Robards''' was an American teenager | |Image = Marie Robards.jpg | ||
|fullname = Dorothy Marie Robards | |||
|occupation = Student | |||
|origin = Fort Worth, Texas, United States of America | |||
|crimes = [[Murder]] | |||
|type of villain = Young Murderer | |||
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'''Marie Robards''' was an American teenager and murderer who is known for the poisoning murder of her father in 1993, at age 16, in Fort Worth, Texas. | |||
Robards was convicted of murder in a 1995 trial and sentenced to 27 years in prison. She was released on parole in 2003. She is believed to now be living under a new private identity. | Robards was convicted of murder in a 1995 trial and sentenced to 27 years in prison. She was released on parole in 2003. She is believed to now be living under a new private identity. | ||
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Marie Robards's case was covered by American TV series Forensic Files in its episode "Death Play". | Marie Robards's case was covered by American TV series Forensic Files in its episode "Death Play". | ||
== The murder == | ==The murder == | ||
In 1993 in Fort Worth, Texas, 16-year-old Marie Robards suffered the devastating loss of her father Steve Robards. The death was ruled the result of cardiac arrest. One year later, she won a part in her high school production of Shakespeare’s Hamlet. | In 1993 in Fort Worth, Texas, 16-year-old Marie Robards suffered the devastating loss of her father Steve Robards. The death was ruled the result of cardiac arrest. One year later, she won a part in her high school production of Shakespeare’s Hamlet. | ||
The lines that she was required to recite onstage were more than the thoughts and feelings of her character; they struck a chord, and hinted at her own inner turmoil from the secret that she had been hiding: barium acetate obtained in her high school chemistry class. | The lines that she was required to recite onstage were more than the thoughts and feelings of her character; they struck a chord, and hinted at her own inner turmoil from the secret that she had been hiding: barium acetate obtained in her high school chemistry class. | ||
==External Links== | |||
* [[wikipedia:Marie Robards|Marie Robards]] on Wikipedia. | |||
*[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RFigou7XUEQ Marie Robards's Deadly women case] on YouTube. | |||
*[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tq5LdcaEZuc Marie Robards on Forensic Files] on YouTube. | |||
[[Category:Living Villains]] | |||
[[Category:United States of America]] | |||
[[Category:Young villains]] | |||
[[Category:Family of Victim]] | |||
[[Category:Female]] | [[Category:Female]] | ||
[[Category:Murderer]] | [[Category:Murderer]] | ||
[[Category:Wrathful]] | |||
[[Category:Fallen Heroes]] | |||
[[Category:Destroyer of Innocence]] | |||
[[Category:From Nobody to Nightmare]] | |||