Obsessed: The Toxic Love of Barbara Piotrowsky & Richard “Dick” Minns

When a 27-year-old beauty queen and Houston-area nurse is shot multiple times in a donut shop parking lot, the authorities have to follow a twisted path to finally catch the mastermind of the attack.

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