This week Beth and Wendy discuss the case of Celestine Payne, a black woman who took out life insurance on friends and family members and then killed them or had them killed. She also involved her own children in the crimes.
This episode was researched & scripted by Wendy & Beth Williams and edited by Minnie Williams.
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Footnotes
Articles/Websites
FindLaw. (06/03/1999) STATE v. CHEW. Retrieved 02/08/2024 from https://caselaw.findlaw.com/court/nj-supreme-court/1396449.html
Justia. (06/22/2007). Wendy Payne v. New Jersey State Parole Board. Retrieved 02/08/2024 from https://law.justia.com/cases/new-jersey/appellate-division-unpublished/2007/a6369-05-opn.html
Smith, Benjamin H. (09/20/2020). Woman Hires Daughter’s Boyfriend To Bludgeon Family Friend To Death With A Crowbar. Oxygen. Retrieved 02/08/2024 from https://www.oxygen.com/snapped/crime-news/celestine-payne-guilty-tara-carter-murder
Van Doren, Jennifer. (04/08/1997). Guilty Plea Averts Death Sentence. The Record. Retrieved 02/11/2024 from https://www.newspapers.com/image/498351132/
The Record. (11/29/1988). Alfonsa “Chuck” Payne Jr. Retrieved 02/11/2024 from https://www.newspapers.com/image/495915036/
DeMarco, Jerry. (03/14/1995). Teen’s Death Called Murder For Money. The Record. Retrieved 02/13/2024 from https://www.newspapers.com/image/497564583/
New Jersey Courts. (12/15/2023). STATE OF NEW JERSEY v. C. P. Retrieved 02/13/2024 from https://www.njcourts.gov/system/files/court-opinions/2023/a2400-22.pdf
History
Paterson Friends of The Great Falls. (n.d.). District Significance. Retrieved 02/09/2024 from http://www.patersongreatfalls.org/significance.html
National Park Service. (n.d.). Paterson, New Jersey: America’s Silk City. Retrieved 02/09/2024 from https://www.nps.gov/articles/paterson-new-jersey-america-s-silk-city-teaching-with-historic-places.htm
United States Census. (2022). Paterson city, New Jersey. Retrieved 02/09/2024 from https://www.census.gov/quickfacts/fact/table/patersoncitynewjersey/PST045222
Reuters. (09/01/2011). Irene another blow to struggling New Jersey city. Retrieved 02/09/2024 from https://www.reuters.com/article/storm-irene-paterson-idUSN1E7801T720110901/
Wikipedia. (01/29/2024). Paterson, New Jersey. Retrieved 02/09/2024 from https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paterson,_New_Jersey#
Mack, Will. The Jersey City Uprising. Blackpast.org . 11/27/17
retrieved on 12/13/24 from URL https://www.blackpast.org/african-american-history/1964-jersey-city-uprising-1964/
Video
Snapped. (09/20/2020). S28 E3: Celestine Payne.
The New Detectives. (01/25/2000). S5 E9: Family Plots.
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