This year, convicted killer Pam Hupp was finally charged with the 2011 murder of her friend who she is accused of stabbing 55 times, before smearing the woman's blood around her home in a plot to frame the victim's husband.
Hupp, who is already serving a life sentence for shooting a disabled man dead in 2016, appeared in court in Lincoln County, Missouri, in July for the first time over the murder of Elizabeth 'Betsy' Faria.
The 62-year-old is charged with first-degree murder and armed criminal action for Faria's slaying back on December 27 2011.
Convicted killer Pam Hupp appeared in court in Lincoln County, Missouri, Tuesday morning for the 2011 murder of her friend Elizabeth 'Betsy' Faria
Prosecutors say Hupp killed Faria four days after persuading her to switch a $150,000 life insurance policy to Hupp.
She then allegedly tried to stage the scene to make it appear that Faria's husband Russell Faria killed her.
Russell was initially convicted of his wife's murder in 2013 and sentenced to life in prison. His conviction was overturned in 2015 before he was found not guilty in a retrial where prosecutors argued Hupp was responsible.
Hupp was sentenced to life without the possibility for parole in 2019 for luring Louis Gumpenberger, 33, to her home claiming to be a producer for Dateline before shooting him dead in an elaborate plot to divert attention from
