Christine Paolilla Teen Killer Murders 4 Friends

At the age of two, she lost her father in a construction accident. Following the death of her husband, Christine's mother dipped into drug addiction which resulted in losing custody of her daughter. Christine Paolilla was seventeen when she murdered four of her friends. According to court documents Christine Paolilla and Christopher Snider would enter a home and shoot and kill four young people in 2003. Thisteen killerwould not be arrested until 2006 when an anonymous tip would lead to her arrest. Christopher Snider would commit suicide before he could be arrested.

Home to the web’s creepiest and most mysterious stories, for fans of true crime, horror, and the paranormal. Psychiatrist Gail Saltz stated “I think there’s a chance she thought they were pitying her … but still envied them, because they didn’t have to work so hard to be nice, to be accepted. That’s going to create some intense envy and jealousy, bring out the aggression, and the … wish to punish them for what they have” about Paolilla’s killings. Christine Paolilla was 17 when she bludgeoned a friend with this gun.



The couple were heroin addicts who had been living in squalor. The hotel room was littered with drugs and drug paraphernalia. However, after getting into an altercation, Christine and Christopher pulled guns out and aimed them at their friends. The four began to plead for their life, not really understanding what had transpired to make things go south so quickly.

Within three months, teeming with envy and jealousy, Christine and her boyfriend would do the unthinkable. During trial, Christine claimed that Christopher had shot all four victims. She stated that as soon as they entered the home, he opened fire while she hid. She claimed that she had accompanied Christopher to the home to buy drugs earlier on in the day and that when they returned later on.

Supreme Court ruling forbids capital punishment for those 17 and under at the time of the crime. He testified to calling in the tip to Crime Stoppers after learning of the offense from his wife. Rott said that he met appellant at a drug treatment center in Kerrville around November 2004, more than a year after the murders. During their courtship, appellant vaguely told him of an incident with her former boyfriend that resulted in the deaths of four people.

She was arrested on July 19, 2006, three years and one day after the murders were committed. Paolilla was convicted in October 2008 and sentenced to life in prison. Snider committed suicide in July 2006 before he was apprehended by police. Finally, even if the prosecutor's argument did encourage the jury to seekers nightmares speculate on facts not in the record, evidence of appellant's participation in the murders was already well-substantiated. For instance, the Lackners witnessed appellant casually approaching Rowell's house on the day of the murders. In her third recorded statement, appellant herself admitted to being inside the home and holding a gun as her boyfriend pulled the trigger.