On this day, April 16, in 1997, Texas socialite Doris Angleton was killed in her home in the River Oaks area of Houston. Her bullet-riddled body was found by her husband, Robert Angleton, a bookie and former police informant. His brother Roger was arrested in Las Vegas. Police found $64,000 in cash with Robert’s fingerprints on them and an audiotape featuring a conversation about the murder: “Boom! Boom! Boom! … When she’s down, I go up to her and finish her,” said a voice, later identified as Roger. Police became convinced that the other man on the tape was Robert, and he was also arrested. Roger committed suicide in a Houston prison cell by cutting himself more than 50 times with a disposable razor. He left a note that cleared his brother. A jury acquitted later Robert. Afterward, Robert was indicted on federal conspiracy and murder-for-hire charges. He fled to the Netherlands but was apprehended by the Dutch government. Angleton later pleaded guilty to passport and tax fraud and was sentenced to 12 years.
