Larissa Schuster has been dubbed "the Acid Lady" by various media outlets.
20 Facts About Larissa Schuster
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Larissa Schuster Foreman was born on January 1,1960, and grew up on a farm in Clarence, Missouri.
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Larissa Schuster went on to attend the University of Missouri studying biochemistry.
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In 1989, the family moved west to Fresno, California, where Larissa Schuster took a job at an agricultural research lab.
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Larissa Schuster later went on to open her own laboratory, Central California Research Labs.
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In February 2002, Larissa Schuster filed for divorce, which would prove to be acrimonious.
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Larissa Schuster was eventually awarded primary custody of Tyler and was allowed to stay in the couple's house.
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Larissa Schuster immediately became the prime suspect in her estranged husband's disappearance.
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Larissa Schuster was initially interviewed by the Clovis Police Department, but was not charged.
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James admitted that on the night of July 9,2003, he and Larissa Schuster lured Tim from his home.
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Larissa Schuster was arrested for first-degree murder at the St Louis Airport.
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Larissa Schuster's defense was that Larissa Schuster was the mastermind of Timothy Schuster's murder, and that he only acted as an accessory to murder after the fact under duress, maintaining that Larissa had threatened his life.
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Defense testimony came from James' friends, co-workers, and Larissa Schuster's friend Terri Lopez, all of whom stated that Larissa Schuster was a very controlling and forceful person.
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Larissa Schuster's trial had to be moved from Clovis, California to Los Angeles due to the pre-trial publicity.
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Larissa Schuster had been dubbed the "Acid Lady" by various media outlets in Fresno.
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Prosecutors had alleged to the jury that Larissa Schuster had attempted to solicit Tim's murder before, believing that she could get away with it.
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Prosecutors stated how Larissa Schuster had access to all the chemicals used in the murder, being that she was a biochemist in a research lab.
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Larissa Schuster's attorney admitted that she had made a series of bad decisions, but that she was not guilty of the crime alleged against her.
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Larissa Schuster's testimony proved to have not swayed the jury; she was found guilty of first-degree murder with the special circumstance of financial gain.
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On May 16,2008, Larissa Schuster was sentenced to life in prison without parole.