Marie Robards

Dorothy Marie Robards (b. 1977) is known for the poisoning murder of her father in 1993, at age 16, in Fort Worth, Texas.[2] The trial received media attention since she was a promising student, and patricide is a rare crime more commonly committed by men.[3][4]

Marie Robards
Born
Dorothy Marie Robards[1]

1977 (age 42–43)
Parents
  • Steven Robards (father)
  • Beth Burroughs (mother)

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.[2]

The crime was fictionalized in Megan Abbott's 2018 novel Give Me Your Hand[5], and covered in episodes of Forensic Files (Season 6, episode 5 (2001)), Redrum (Season 2, episode 17 (2014)), and Deadly Women (Season 6, episode 2 (2012)).

References
  1. "Marie Robards: Dorothy Marie Robards paroled in 2003".
  2. Guy, Fiona (18 June 2017). A Father's Death, A Daughter's Secret, 'Sword and Scale
  3. "Poisoning Daddy". July 1996.
  4. (19 October 1994). Student charged with poisoning her dad, UPI
  5. "5 Chilling True Crime Stories Written by Female Authors".
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