Crime Documentary - The Elli Panitz story
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Ralf and Eleanor were ideal guests for the Jerry Springer Show. They had recently married but his jealous former wife, Nancy, was harassing them. All three agreed to appear on the show to swap their grievances. Taped in May, it aired on Monday. One of them is now dead, apparently the victim of murder.
The victim in this case is the former wife, Nancy Campbell-Panitz. Her body was found in a house on a cul-de-sac in Sarasota, Florida, just hours after the segment on Jerry Springer had been broadcast. Police confirmed yesterday that they are hunting for her former husband, Ralf, and his new wife, Eleanor, and consider them suspects. Their whereabouts, however, remained unknown.
The three had reportedly been fighting over which of them had the right to reside in the small home and had been cohabiting in it together for several weeks. Violent fights were common and police were called to end a disturbance earlier on Monday. Just before the broadcast, Nancy went to a Sarasota court to get a restraining order against her former husband, saying he had threatened her with violence.
By all accounts, tragedy might have been avoided if Nancy had meant it when she said, "Bye". Instead, it seems that she became more entangled with the newly weds than she had been before. "He's frequently violent," Nancy said of Ralf asking the court for the restraining order. He had "chased me with a knife and made threats about taking my life, ending my life, the way he was going to torture me," she said.
Ralf and Eleanor were ideal guests for the Jerry Springer Show. They had recently married but his jealous former wife, Nancy, was harassing them. All three agreed to appear on the show to swap their grievances. Taped in May, it aired on Monday. One of them is now dead, apparently the victim of murder.
The victim in this case is the former wife, Nancy Campbell-Panitz. Her body was found in a house on a cul-de-sac in Sarasota, Florida, just hours after the segment on Jerry Springer had been broadcast. Police confirmed yesterday that they are hunting for her former husband, Ralf, and his new wife, Eleanor, and consider them suspects. Their whereabouts, however, remained unknown.
The three had reportedly been fighting over which of them had the right to reside in the small home and had been cohabiting in it together for several weeks. Violent fights were common and police were called to end a disturbance earlier on Monday. Just before the broadcast, Nancy went to a Sarasota court to get a restraining order against her former husband, saying he had threatened her with violence.
By all accounts, tragedy might have been avoided if Nancy had meant it when she said, "Bye". Instead, it seems that she became more entangled with the newly weds than she had been before. "He's frequently violent," Nancy said of Ralf asking the court for the restraining order. He had "chased me with a knife and made threats about taking my life, ending my life, the way he was going to torture me," she said.