Post Mortem | The Root Beer Float Murder
from 48 Hours Hosted by CBS News
48 Hours correspondents Anne-Marie Green and Peter Van Sant discuss the murder of Harold Allen, who was poisoned with a root beer float by his wife, Marsha Allen, and her daughter, Ashley Jones. The team discusses text messages between the two that expose their murder plot and why money may have motivated them to turn on each other. They also share evidence of an alleged “kill list” that investigators discovered while Ashley was in jail.
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