Episode 157: Hooters, Snakes, & Navy SEALs (Killer Couple: Erika & Benjamin Sifrit)
Being a marriage counselor is a tough job.
I imagine the married couple Erika & BJ would tell very different stories to their couples vacation.
BJ would say that he fell asleep in the car while his wife went into a hotel room with a couple they just met. He was heartbroken and devastated when he found out what she had done.
Erika would argue that BJ was there the whole time - in fact, he wanted her to take pictures of him with the couple’s decapitated heads.
Only, they weren’t talking to a counselor but the police.
Full Source Notes: rottenmangopodcast.com
Source notes:
Book: “Cruel Death” - by M William Phelps
Show: “Killer Couples: Erika & BJ Sifrit”
Show: “Deadly Women: Erika & BJ Sifrit”
Show: “Forensic Files: Erika & BJ Sifrit”
https://caselaw.findlaw.com/md-court-of-appeals/1438596.html
https://caselaw.findlaw.com/md-court-of-appeals/1438595.html
https://casetext.com/case/sifrit-v-rowley
https://casetext.com/case/sifrit-v-nero
https://murderpedia.org/male.S/s/sifrit-benjamin.htm
https://mdcoastdispatch.com/2014/10/16/fed-judge-denies-erika-sifrit-appeal-decision-likely-exhausts-challenges/
https://www.baltimoresun.com/news/bs-xpm-2003-07-08-0307080192-story.html
https://mdcoastdispatch.com/2014/10/16/fed-judge-denies-erika-sifrit-appeal-decision-likely-exhausts-challenges/
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