Suspicion

Three trials. Two husbands. One woman. Raynella Dossett Leath is a 70-year-old grandmother living quietly on a 15-acre farm in the Karns community of Knox County, Tennessee. Her life has been far from quiet. She has survived death – two husbands and a son – and prison. She might be a two-time "black widow" who had a third victim in her crosshairs. Despite being convicted once, she is a free woman. In "Suspicion," we will take you through the deaths of Leath's two husbands, her trials and how she managed to escape a life sentence.

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X - The Final Verdict?

December 13, 2018 • 54 mins

Raynella's fate will be decided in a rare third trial.

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IX - Wasted Justice

December 11, 2018 • 46 mins

Raynella is serving a life sentence, but the judge who sent her there can no longer keep his problems a secret.

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VIII - Disturbing the Dead

December 6, 2018 • 24 mins

Raynella has faced two juries, but neither heard the name Ed Dossett. Prosecutors are willing to go to extreme lengths to gather evidence on Dossett's death, but it won't be easy.

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VII - Justice, Take Two

December 4, 2018 • 25 mins

Not able to get a verdict the first time, Raynella is tried once more. A chance meeting raises questions about the evidence.

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VI - Justice, Take One

November 29, 2018 • 50 mins

Raynella stands trial. Charged with the murder of David Leath six years after he was found dead in their home.

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V - A Tale of Two Wills

November 27, 2018 • 28 mins

A fight over David's will unearths several secrets Raynella said he was keeping from his daughter.

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IV - The Beloved Barber

November 22, 2018 • 31 mins

Detectives try to piece together what happened the morning David Leath died. Raynella shores up her alibi.

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III - "One Mean Woman"

November 20, 2018 • 20 mins

Steve Walker recalls the time Raynella opened fire on him at her farm.

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II - Death in a Cow Pasture

November 15, 2018 • 22 mins

Raynella says her first husband, Ed Dossett, was killed in a cattle stampede on their farm. The medical examiner has a hard time getting an autopsy. The evidence raises questions on whether there was trampling at all.

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I - Three Shots on Solway Road

November 2, 2018 • 24 mins

David Leath is dead. His wife, Raynella Dossett Leath, says it's suicide. But Knox County Detective Perry Moyers is suspicious. This isn't the first time a husband of hers has died under curious circumstances.

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Introducing Suspicion

October 29, 2018 • 1 min

Coming Nov. 13: Raynella Dossett Leath is a 69-year-old grandmother who has lived anything but a quiet life. In the wake of her second husband's suspicious suicide, questions surface over the curious accident that killed her first husband. Three trials later and an overturned conviction later, a conclusion is anything but settled.

Was she wrongfully accused? Or is she a black widow that escaped a life sentence?

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