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Snapped: Women Who Murder
Teresa Kohnle
Investigators pressed Teresa about the state of her marriage.
Snapped: Women Who Murder
Teresa Kohnle
Teresa reveals that recently, the family has been under quite a bit of strain.
Snapped: Women Who Murder
Teresa Kohnle
Teresa explains that their financial problems began when Jim contracted Lyme disease a few years earlier.
Snapped: Women Who Murder
Teresa Kohnle
He loved life, and he loved what he'd done, and... 45 minutes into the interview, detectives put their cards on the table.
Snapped: Women Who Murder
Teresa Kohnle
Teresa seems dumbfounded. She tells investigators she has no idea who started the fire inside their home.
Snapped: Women Who Murder
Teresa Kohnle
Coming up, how a debilitating disease undermined a happy life.
Snapped: Women Who Murder
Teresa Kohnle
June 29, 2007, Ringgold, Georgia. It's 9.34 a.m. in the quiet town along the Tennessee border when a proprietor of a local grocery store sees smoke rising from a nearby home.
Snapped: Women Who Murder
Teresa Kohnle
A week has passed since the sudden death of Jim Conley. After locating an accelerant inside the Conley residence, the case is officially labeled arson, leaving detectives questioning who would have motive to set the fire.
Snapped: Women Who Murder
Teresa Kohnle
During the days that follow, investigators find that Jim's finances had been in decline after a recent diagnosis.
Snapped: Women Who Murder
Teresa Kohnle
And when Jim didn't work, he didn't get paid. Friends say he fell into a deep depression.
Snapped: Women Who Murder
Teresa Kohnle
Was Jim so depressed that he took his own life? The theory gains momentum when a friend of Jim's contacts detectives.
Snapped: Women Who Murder
Teresa Kohnle
The handwritten will is dated May 2nd, less than two months before Jim's death.
Snapped: Women Who Murder
Teresa Kohnle
However, there's one stumbling block for investigators. Even if Jim was suicidal, self-immolation is a rare and extreme act.
Snapped: Women Who Murder
Teresa Kohnle
When Jim's autopsy report is completed, the findings raise even more suspicion.
Snapped: Women Who Murder
Teresa Kohnle
The coroner rules Jim's death a homicide. When detectives interview Jim and Teresa's coworkers at the wellness center, they uncover more secrets.
Snapped: Women Who Murder
Teresa Kohnle
Coworkers also report inappropriate emails between Teresa and the business's former accountant.
Snapped: Women Who Murder
Teresa Kohnle
It's an important clue. Detectives wonder, did this love triangle turn violent?
Snapped: Women Who Murder
Teresa Kohnle
Seven miles away, firefighters with engine aid are starting their day when they get the call.
Snapped: Women Who Murder
Teresa Kohnle
The accountant claims he hasn't been in contact with Teresa in years and has no reason to want Jim dead. With no evidence that the accountant had any involvement in the crime and autopsy results indicating Jim could not have done this himself, investigators must determine who was the last person to leave the Conley home that morning.
Snapped: Women Who Murder
Teresa Kohnle
Investigators circle back to Robin Simmons and press her further about their conflicting timelines.
Snapped: Women Who Murder
Teresa Kohnle
Investigators asked Robin point blank, did you see the fire?
Snapped: Women Who Murder
Teresa Kohnle
Investigators head to the restaurant, hoping to obtain video surveillance from the day of the fire.
Snapped: Women Who Murder
Teresa Kohnle
Investigators time the drive from the Conley residence multiple times, and not once does it take more than eight minutes.
Snapped: Women Who Murder
Teresa Kohnle
Having punched a hole in Teresa's timeline, investigators obtain a warrant to search the home.
Snapped: Women Who Murder
Teresa Kohnle
As investigators continue their search of the home, they find more incriminating evidence.
Snapped: Women Who Murder
Teresa Kohnle
Firefighters arrive at 9.42 a.m. to learn from command they can't contain this from the outside. They are going in.
Snapped: Women Who Murder
Teresa Kohnle
Coming up, suddenly Teresa's story starts to change. He told me to leave the house, and he said, don't ask me no more questions. And devastating allegations come hurling Teresa's way.
Snapped: Women Who Murder
Teresa Kohnle
Ten days after the death of Jim Conley, Georgia authorities are homing in on one suspect, his wife Teresa.
Snapped: Women Who Murder
Teresa Kohnle
Detectives widen the scope of their investigation, interviewing several former employees, starting with Bonnie White.
Snapped: Women Who Murder
Teresa Kohnle
According to Bonnie, it was around that time she noticed that Teresa was embezzling money.
Snapped: Women Who Murder
Teresa Kohnle
Bonnie says she quit her job after that incident. While detectives find that Teresa was never charged with embezzlement, other past employees come forward with even more alarming allegations.
Snapped: Women Who Murder
Teresa Kohnle
Lithium can be used as a medical treatment in small amounts, but if not carefully administered, it's highly toxic.
Snapped: Women Who Murder
Teresa Kohnle
On June 9th, investigators bring Teresa in again and demand the truth. Much to their surprise, she agrees to a lie detector test.
Snapped: Women Who Murder
Teresa Kohnle
After administering the exam, Detective Scroggins studies the results.
Snapped: Women Who Murder
Teresa Kohnle
Detective Scroggins brings in the two lead investigators who reveal another shocking piece of information.
Snapped: Women Who Murder
Teresa Kohnle
The technology is capable of picking up a person's heat signature through smoke. As the fireman scans the room, an unsettling shape appears on the screen.
Snapped: Women Who Murder
Teresa Kohnle
Investigators arrest Teresa and charge her with malice murder and first-degree arson.
Snapped: Women Who Murder
Teresa Kohnle
Six-year-old Allison and 11-year-old Caleb Conley are placed in the care of Georgia's Children and Family Services on July 9, 2007, following the arrest of their mother, Teresa. On July 16, investigators obtain permission to speak to Caleb again, this time with the help of an expert.
Snapped: Women Who Murder
Teresa Kohnle
For investigators, it's the final piece of the puzzle. They believe they know what happened on June 29, 2007.
Snapped: Women Who Murder
Teresa Kohnle
With the evidence stacked against her, Teresa's defense team does all they can to delay her day in court.
Snapped: Women Who Murder
Teresa Kohnle
In lieu of malice murder, Teresa agrees to plead guilty to felony murder and first and second degree arson.
Snapped: Women Who Murder
Teresa Kohnle
In December of 2010, Teresa is sentenced to life in prison with the possibility of parole after 30 years.
Snapped: Women Who Murder
Teresa Kohnle
They preliminarily ID the victim as the homeowner, James Conley.
Snapped: Women Who Murder
Teresa Kohnle
Although Jim Conley wasn't from North Georgia, he found it the perfect place to build a career as a small-town chiropractor.
Snapped: Women Who Murder
Teresa Kohnle
However, Jim bucked the family business and the money that came with it to make a name for himself in a new profession.
Snapped: Women Who Murder
Teresa Kohnle
From those humble beginnings, Jim worked hard to build a successful and caring practice.
Snapped: Women Who Murder
Teresa Kohnle
With his business growing by the year, Jim knew he needed additional employees. The woman that answered his help-wanted ad was 21-year-old Teresa Boggs.
Snapped: Women Who Murder
Teresa Kohnle
By 1994, Teresa and Jim's working relationship had evolved into a new kind of partnership.
Snapped: Women Who Murder
Teresa Kohnle
As their business continued to grow, so did their family. Their second child, Allison, was born in 2000. The family settled into a pretty house on an expansive lot in Ringgold.
Snapped: Women Who Murder
Teresa Kohnle
But on the morning of June 29th, 2007, that charmed life comes to an abrupt end when a fire breaks out in the Conleys' home.
Snapped: Women Who Murder
Teresa Kohnle
Fortunately, there's no sign of any additional victims. But the fight to save Jim Conley's life isn't so lucky.
Snapped: Women Who Murder
Teresa Kohnle
Jim Conley is pronounced dead at the scene. Jim's 34-year-old wife, Teresa, is traveling with their two kids to visit her parents out of state when she gets the call from Georgia authorities.
Snapped: Women Who Murder
Teresa Kohnle
Coming up, investigators sift through the ashes of a life upended.
Snapped: Women Who Murder
Teresa Kohnle
June 29th, 2007. A house fire has claimed the life of beloved husband and father, 57-year-old Jim Conley. News of the tragedy has reached Jim's 34-year-old wife, Teresa, who is racing back home from a trip to Knoxville, Tennessee.
Snapped: Women Who Murder
Teresa Kohnle
At the scene of the fire, investigators from the Catoosa County Sheriff's Office arrive and examine the victim's body.
Snapped: Women Who Murder
Teresa Kohnle
As authorities try to make sense of this tragedy, secrets soon emerge from the ashes.
Snapped: Women Who Murder
Teresa Kohnle
As the fire marshal walks through the home, two things in the kitchen catch his attention.
Snapped: Women Who Murder
Teresa Kohnle
The fire marshal moves on to the back of the house where the damage is more severe.
Snapped: Women Who Murder
Teresa Kohnle
Teresa arrives at the scene just after 4 p.m. with 11-year-old Caleb and Teresa's best friend, Robin Simmons.
Snapped: Women Who Murder
Teresa Kohnle
Detectives at the scene start by asking Teresa to lay out her timeline of the morning.
Snapped: Women Who Murder
Teresa Kohnle
Teresa says they then dropped her daughter Allie off with a babysitter and started the two-hour drive to her parents' house. Robin Simmons confirms Teresa's story with one difference.
Snapped: Women Who Murder
Teresa Kohnle
Investigators intend to follow up with both women at a later date. For now, they give Teresa time to grieve with her family and friends.
Snapped: Women Who Murder
Teresa Kohnle
As the Conleys grapple with their loss, inside the family home, the fire investigation continues.
Snapped: Women Who Murder
Teresa Kohnle
Was this the last act of a devoted and desperate father or a cold-blooded betrayal?
Snapped: Women Who Murder
Teresa Kohnle
A specially trained dog named Smokey is brought to the scene. Within moments, he makes a startling discovery.
Snapped: Women Who Murder
Teresa Kohnle
On July 5th, six days after the death of Jim Conley, investigators bring his wife Teresa into the sheriff's office for questioning. Investigators tell Teresa they need an exact chronology for the morning of the 29th.