Gold or Diamonds?

Victoria Mendoza and her girlfriend, Tawnee Baird, forged their relationship in juvenile hall as teenagers. Victoria moves in with Tawnee, but is fiercely jealous, and the romance turns tumultuous and violent. In Edmond, Oklahoma, Delpha Jo Spunaugle is on her fourth marriage, and her union with husband Dennis is troubled due to Dennis’s alcoholism, abuse, and infidelity. In October 2014, suspecting Tawnee of cheating on her, Victoria stabs her lover over forty times in a jealous rage. She is sentenced to sixteen years to life.

Korena’s lack of planning and inattention to detail in the murder plot is her undoing, as she is discovered and arrested very quickly. She is now serving life in prison without parole. On November 30, 2002, Jeffrey dies of sepsis, and after his grandparents are brought to justice, Ontario law regarding background checks of caregivers is revised. In Toronto, Ontario, Canada, Elva Bottineau and her common-law husband Norman Kidman are serial child abusers who neglect and abuse their five-year-old grandson, Jeffrey Baldwin, and his older sister, forcing them to live in squalor while continuing to collect their government support checks.

Mary Elizabeth Wilson is on her fourth husband, Ernest, after the mysterious deaths of two other husbands and a lover, but their marriage lasts less than a year, while Mary’s suspicious comments during the initial wedding are raising eyebrows. Mary is found guilty of two murders and sentenced to death, with her motive revealed to be greed for money. The bodies of two of her previous husbands are exhumed, revealing high levels of phosphorus.

Eventually, the crime is exposed and the killers are caught, with a remorseful Greg pleading guilty and receiving 19 years, while Tausha receives a life sentence without parole. She is able to find love in Karl Bloxham, who tries to help her sober up, but her drinking problem comes back after months of sobriety. Ellishia Allen is a British glamour model with a drinking problem and a volatile temper. In June 2015, after a few years into the relationship, Karl wants out, but a raged-filled Ellishia stabs him fatally in the cardiac area.

Both Natasha and her gang received life with no parole. Taken in by her aunt, Tiana becomes roommates with her cousin Shannon, who is a straight-A student, but Tiana resists their efforts to help her get on the right track. Brooklyn teen Tiana Browne appeared to have a promising start in life, until she was raped and ran away from home. Tiana was found guilty of second-degree murder and was sentenced to fifteen years to life. Tiana, jealous of her cousin’s success, stabs Shannon to death, then steals Shannon’s sneakers and cell phone.