585:. Their marriage crumbled when Hans spent more time away from home on business, leaving Nina home to raise the kids and longing for a career. Seeking sole custody, she filed for divorce, which quickly became messy. Before the divorce can be resolved, she was murdered and her own son witnessed the crime. Hans was found guilty of first-degree murder but pleaded guilty to and was convicted of a reduced charge of second-degree murder, because he led investigators to Nina's body. On July 16, 2012 their children were awarded $ 60 million in
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384:. A woman calls the police and tells them the boy's name is Zachery and that she knows the family. The police continue the investigation and find suitcases filled with the bodies of MaryJane Longo and daughters Sadie and Madison. Unknown to MaryJane and their children, husband and father Christian had been committing check fraud and stolen industrial equipment sales. His lies are discovered by his wife and he kills his entire family. The
342:. The two chose to remain in the city, thinking they would survive the oncoming storm, but they could not survive their own troubled pasts. Zack's suicide note directs the police to an address in the French Quarter, where they find Addie's dismembered body. Zach had strangled her to death nearly two weeks earlier. On the walls near her body, he had
534:, as did Andrew's craving for acceptance. Jimmy Conway and his misfit group had taken in Andrew. While the police investigation stalls, Lora uncovers multiple shootings, gang rivalries, and contract killings committed by the group. Jimmy Conway was convicted and sentenced to death for the murder of Andrew. The decision was upheld by the
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