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Audrey Marie Hilley (June 4, 1933 - February 26, 1987) was an American murderer. Her life and spree are the subjects of the 1991 telefilm ''Wife, Mother, Murderer''. The movie starred Judith Light in the title role, with Whip Hubley and David Ogden Stiers. ==Early life and first crimes== Audrey Marie Frazier was born on June 4, 1933 in Blue Mountain, Alabama to Lucille (née Meads) and Huey Frazier. She married Frank Hilley on May 8, 1951. In his late teens, their son had a mystery illness written off as stomach flu. The symptoms went on until he went away to college and then abruptly stopped. Unbeknownst to anyone at the time, his mother had a life insurance policy on him. While visiting from college, his father confided to him that he had walked in on the mother in bed with one of his workers and was strongly contemplating divorce. A short time after, in May 1975, Frank Hilley visited his doctor complaining of nausea and tenderness in his abdomen. He was diagnosed with a viral stomachache. The condition persisted and he was admitted to a hospital for tests that indicated liver malfunction. Physicians then diagnosed infectious hepatitis. He died early in the morning of May 25, 1975. An autopsy was performed with Audrey Hilley's permission. It revealed hepatitis, swelling of the kidneys and lungs, bilateral pneumonia, and inflammation of the stomach. Because the symptoms closely resembled those of hepatitis, no tests for poison were conducted. The cause of death was listed as infectious hepatitis. Frank Hilley had maintained a moderate life insurance policy that his widow redeemed for $31,140. Slightly over three years later, she took out a $25,000 life insurance policy on her daughter, Carol. A $25,000 accidental death rider took effect in August 1978. Within a few months, Carol began to experience trouble with nausea and was admitted to the emergency room several times. A year after insuring her daughter, Hilley gave her daughter an injection that she said would alleviate the nausea. However, the symptoms did not disappear, and eventually worsened. Carol began to experience numbness in her extremities and was admitted to the hospital for tests. Unable to diagnose any disease, Carol's physician brought in a psychiatrist because he feared the symptoms might be psychosomatic. While she was undergoing psychiatric testing at Birmingham's Carraway Methodist Hospital, Carol received two more injections from her mother, who warned her that no one was to know about the shots. Audrey explained that the shots were given to her by a friend who was a registered nurse. A month after Carol was admitted to the hospital, her physician said she was suffering from malnutrition and vitamin deficiencies. He added that he suspected heavy metal poisoning was to blame for the symptoms. That afternoon, Hilley had Carol discharged from that hospital. The next day she was admitted to the University of Alabama Hospital in Birmingham. Coincidentally, she was arrested for passing bad checks — they were written to the insurance company that insured Carol’s life, causing that policy to lapse. The University hospital physicians concentrated their investigation on the possibility of heavy metal poisoning, noting that Carol’s hands and feet were numb, she had nerve palsy causing foot drop, and she had lost most of her deep tendon reflexes. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Audrey Marie Hilley」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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