43 – Raynella Dossett Leath
Two of her husbands died under suspicious circumstances and many in her community started calling her a black widow. She faced an unprecedented three murder trials for the crime of murder and was able to walk away in the end.
Two of her husbands died under suspicious circumstances and many in her community started calling her a black widow. She faced an unprecedented three murder trials and was able to walk away in the end.
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Death, violence haunt now-acquitted accused black widow Raynella Dossett Leath by Knox News
Raynella Leath by Your Divorce Info
RAYNELLA DOSSETT LEATH by The National Registry of Exonerations
A maverick and a drug addict led to freedom for Raynella Dossett Leath by Author by Knox News
Judge dismisses Raynella Leath murder trial by WVLT 8
Jury selected in Raynella Dossett Leath case by WVLT 8
Raynella Leath: The Widow on Solway Road by CBS News
Press Release- New Trial for Raynella Leath by Knox Defense
David Robert Leath by Find a Grave
Raynella Leath’s frantic 911 call: "My husband shot himself” by 48 hours on YouTube
What jurors didn’t hear in the 2017 Raynella Leath murder trial by 48 Hours on YouTube
Raynella Leath describes the morning her second husband died by 48 Hours on YouTube
Key people in the Raynella Dossett Leath cases by The Tennessean
Dossett Leath Raynella by Murderpedia
Defense now making their case in Raynella Leath retrial by 10 News
Alleged Murderer May Get Victim’s Property by Court House News Service
Tennessee Woman Accused in Trail of Death by the New York Times
RAYNELLA LEATH: THE WIDOW ON SOLWAY ROAD by CBS News
‘No way’ mom killed stepfather, woman says by Knox News
CYNTHIA A. WILKERSON, v. RAYNELLA DOSSETT LEATH. By Google Scholar
STATE of Tennessee v. Raynella Dossett LEATH by Google Scholar
In re ESTATE OF David R. LEATH. By Google Scholar
DA’s widow bound to grand jury by Johnson City Press, 31 AUG 1995, Pg. 5
DA’s accidental death re-examined by The Leaf-Chronicle, 15 DEC 2007, Pg. 7
Nurse’s trial may reopen death of her DA husband by The Jackson Sun, 15 DEC 2007, Pg. 11
Expert: Drugs, not cattle may have killed Knox D.A. by Johnson City Press, 19 JAN 2008, Pg. 5
Knoxville jury convicts widow in mate’s death by The Tennessean, 26 JAN 2010, Pg. B2
Widow found guilty in 2nd husband’s death by The Daily News-Journal, 26 JAN 2010, Pg. 5
Widow indicted in death once filed a farm accident by The Leaf-Chronicle, 01 AUG 2008, Pg. 12
Knox County judge is target of TBI probe by The Tennessean, 30 JAN 2011, Pg. B4
Third petition filed to exhume body by The Daily News-Journal, 20 NOV 2008, Pg. 3
Judge denies exhumation of body by Johnson City Press, 16 FEB 2008, Pg. 5