When Betsy Faria was found stabbed to death in her Missouri home, suspicion quickly fell on her husband, Russ. He had an alibi. He had no blood on him. But none of that seemed to matter. As police built their case, another figure stayed quietly in the background: Pam Hupp—Betsy’s friend, the last person to see her alive, and the unexpected beneficiary of her life insurance policy. In this episode, we follow the case from wrongful conviction to the slow unraveling of a story that was never as simple as it first seemed.
When Betsy Faria was found stabbed to death in her Missouri home, suspicion quickly fell on her husband, Russ. He had an alibi. He had no blood on him. But none of that seemed to matter. As police built their case, another figure stayed quietly in the background: Pam Hupp—Betsy’s friend, the last person to see her alive, and the unexpected beneficiary of her life insurance policy. In this episode, we follow the case from wrongful conviction to the slow unraveling of a story that was never as sim...