The Dark Secrets of Leigh Ann Sabine

Tea Time Crimes

Leigh Ann Sabine had a reputation for being eccentric and larger than life. But after her death, friends and neighbors, who had come to care for Leigh Ann over the last 18 years, would realize her past was made up of nothing but dark secrets.

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Sources:

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  https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-wales-south-east-wales-35097310
• The Guardian UK, “Woman Who Killed Her Husband and Hid His Body Was Never Caught.” May 16th, 2016 https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2016/may/19/woman-killed-husband-hid-body-never-caught-leigh-ann-sabine
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  https://www.newspapers.com/image/950813005/
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