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…. If you or someone you know Is experiencing domestic violence, go to www.hotline.org or call them at 1-800-799-7233 Sources: 193 by Skip Hollandsworth in Texas Monthly, February 2010 ‘Cold Justice’ prosecutor Kelly Siegler faces possible contempt in Harris County death penalty case, federal judge warns - by Gabriel Banks in the Houston Chronicle Battered Woman Syndrome July 7, 2009 Lenore E. Walker, EdD, ABPP-CL & Fam Psychiatric Times, Psychiatric Times Vol 26 No 7, Volume 26, Issue 7 Battered Woman Syndrome Medically reviewed by Debra Rose Wilson, Ph.D., MSN, R.N., IBCLC, AHN-BC, CHT — Written by Ana Gotter — Updated on July 5, 2017 Lenore E. Walker, Battered Women Syndrome and Self-Defense, 6 Notre Dame J.L. Ethics & Pub. Pol'y 321 (1992). 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 Bachman R , Saltzman L. Bureau of Justice Statistics Special Report: violence against women: Estimates from the redesigned survey (NCJ-154348). Washington, DC: US Department of Justice, Bureau of Justice Statistics, 1995. New York court clears woman of murder in battered-wife case By Aman Ali Support the show (https://www.patreon.com/truecrimecreepers) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices