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Lethal Acquisition Roger Skaggs, Penny Skaggs, and Vanessa Ferguson

In season 1, episode 5, "Lethal Acquisition" is the story of what happens to Penny Skaggs when Roger Skaggs falls in love with Vanessa Ferguson.

ID describes this episode as a Michigan couple starts up a comic book store. When business heats up, they hire an outsider whose presence changes their marriage forever. And in Texas, a hot new coworker threatens the sanctity of a deeply Christian marriage, with deadly consequences.

Appellant's wife, Penny Scaggs, was murdered in her West Austin home on March 6, 1996. She had been beaten to death with a pipe and then stabbed several times. The appellant, who was chief executive officer of an Austin company, claimed that he had dinner with her that evening then returned to work at 7:00 p.m. He said he then discovered her body upon returning home from work shortly after 9:00 p.m. He called his neighbor Diana Coleman and EMS. Appellant gave written consent for a search of his house and agreed to an interview with Sergeant David Carter. Several people who had contact with the appellant at the scene on the night of the murder, as well as others who observed him later, testified to appellant's apparent lack of grief over his wife's death. 

You can write to Roger Skaggs at:

Roger Skaggs, 00852603
Duncan Unit
1502 South First Street
Diboll, TX 75941












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