She was a successful biochemist and burned her husband with acid so as not to divide the marital property

At the beginning of the millennium, Larisa foreman She was 43, had been married for 20 years, had two children and was a successful business woman. But the behind-the-scenes look at her divorce led her to an aberrant decision.

In a story of his life it can be said that while he was studying at the University, in the 1980s, he began to work in a retirement home. There he met Timothy Schusterwho was studying nursing.

A few years later they got married and in 1985 their first daughter was born, Kristin.

When the little girl was four, Larissa He got a high-paying job in an agro-harvest research lab and they moved to Fresno, California. The following year, in 1990, their other son, Tyler.

After a while, Larissa made an important leap and opened his own laboratory: Central California Research Laboratories.

Profits have grown. With that frame of optimism, they decided to buy a larger house in Clovis, outside Fresno.

the cracks of marriage

Larissa’s economic growth was exponential. While Timothy continued with the same income level.

This has created abysmal differences and created a climate of continuous discussions.

By early 2002, the relationship had deteriorated so badly that they decided to separate. Larissa filed for divorce and a war broke out there.

Kristin, the eldest daughter, was already independent. But Tyler he was still a minor and his mandate was one of the high points.

Although the subject that unleashed the great fury was the division of companies and real estate. Larissa felt it was unfair for him to take away what she had earned. Y I blamed it for being useless to generate money.

The first warning signs

Already separated, the exclusive spaces were divided for each one within the same house.

A Larissa, this arrangement didn’t work for him at all. She felt that everything belonged to her and that her husband took advantage of her well-being.

Later, in the divorce negotiations, he asked for a million dollars. Larissa at that moment went into a state of fury.

As the situation was unsustainable, in July Timothy decided to rent a condominium house. To equip it, she took advantage of Larissa’s business trip and took some furniture from their home.

When Larissa came back and saw the situation, her anger escalated even more.

In that state, she told some of her co-workers that if she killed her husband, her problems would be over. That same message she gave to her neighbors, her nail salon, or the church she attended.

Violence on the rise

Larissa She asked a friend to rent a shed a few kilometers from the laboratory in her name. Her excuse was that she wanted to hide some things from Timothy’s sight.

Afterhe took advantage of his business trip, burglarized the door of his house, recovered the furniture and kept them there.

When Timothy returned, he found his new home ransacked. Tyler’s custody papers were also missing.

Larissa was proud of her action. She even told her manicurist about her, that she had become her confidant, that he had come back to the place several times, because it gave him “more pleasure than sex”.

He also told her he had scratched the truck Timothy and that those stripes were a trophy for her.

With growing panic, he decided to move into a house with an alarm system and motion sensors, bought a gun and asked for permission to carry it. Also he told his friends about the situation he was going through.

Larissa’s warnings

Larissa He continued with his unleashed hatred. He left messages on the answering machine with insults and with the phrase he often repeated: “I’d be better off widowed than divorced.”

Also She asked her co-workers if they knew anyone who could go to her ex-husband to kill him. And she also made that proposal to a man who came to her house to make a repair.

Her good relationship with her children inflamed her more and more.

The end announced

In April 2003, Larissa bought a barrel of over 200 books and shipped it to her lab. It wasn’t the kind used there at all. Dissatisfied with the size, she asked an employee if she thought a person could fit there. Her interlocutor has not forgotten this strange question.

On the other hand, he had bought huge quantities of hydrochloric acid, sulfuric acid and acetic acid. He was very unusual for his lab.

In June, a neighbor saw her move a huge barrel.

On July 9, Timothy dined with three colleagues. He and one of the diners had just lost their jobs at the Sant’Agnese sanatorium and had made an appointment the next morning to review the dismissal paperwork..

But Timothy did not go to the appointment. One of the companions returned home worried. He saw the truck and knocked on the door. Nobody replied.

They went to the police to report him missing. He was told to wait 24 hours. After this time, as there was no news, the investigations began.

The list of suspects the police wanted to question was straightforward Larissa.

Not only did he deny the whole situation. Also, she took her son to Disney World for a few days and then to visit relatives in San Antonio.

During the search of Timothy’s home, a gun was discovered under his pillow and a microcassette with Larissa’s recorded messages.

At the same time, she had a friend rent a truck to move the famous barrel to the warehouse she had rented.

The confession

While Larisa and Tyler were traveling, the researchers continued with their tasks. With each step, they found new evidence against her.

Until a former employee of Larissa, Giacomo Fagone. The 21-year-old was a bright student, a former lab worker, and Tyler’s babysitter.

James could not accept the interrogation. He quickly snapped and revealed that he and Larissa were responsible for Timothy’s disappearance..

According to her story, in the early hours of July 10, Larissa called her ex and told her that Tyler was sick. With that excuse she managed to convince Timothy to open the door to him.

At the moment, James shot him with a stun gun, collapsed and Larissa applied chloroform rags to his face.

Together they took it to Larissa’s house, put it in the barrel and added the rest of the acids.

The data collected subsequently were in accordance with this version.

Larissa was arrested on her return to Disney. She tried to blame James entirely. But she wasn’t successful.

verdicts

In November 2006, Giacomo Fagone he was sentenced to life in prison. Larissa – known in the media as the acid lady– was sentenced in May 2008, with the same penalty, without the possibility of parole. Today he is 61 years old and lives in the Central California prison.

Also, after the trial, Kristin Schuster, the eldest daughter, said to her eyes: “This is goodbye forever as your daughter.”