Christine Paolilla Video

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1 secondShe was the girl nobody wanted to be friends with. Bullied, isolated, and invisible.

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8 secondsThen one day, two girls took her in,

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11 secondshelped her find confidence, and gave her a sense of belonging. So she repaid them

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18 secondsby helping murder them. This is the story of Christine Pila, who would murder her four friends. Christine Pila did not have an easy childhood.

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30 secondsShe suffered from a condition called alipcia,

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33 secondsan autoimmune disorder that caused her hair, eyebrows, and eyelashes to fall out completely. When Christine enrolled at Clear Lake High School in Houston,

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43 secondsTexas, something shifted.

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47 secondsTwo girls, Rachel Kolarotus and Tiffany Ro would bring her into their circle.

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53 secondsThey helped her with wigs. For the first time in her life, Christine felt like she fit in. Unfortunately, Christine

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1 minute, 2 secondswould soon meet Christopher Snyder, and her new friends did not approve.

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1 minute, 8 secondsSnider was a known criminal and drug user. Christine’s friends attempted to warn her, but she would not listen. What

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1 minute, 17 secondsstarted as a romance quickly dragged Christine deeper into a world of drugs and danger.

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1 minute, 24 secondsAnd on one July afternoon in 2003,

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1 minute, 28 secondsthat world collided with the lives of four innocent people. July 18th, 2003.

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1 minute, 36 secondsChristine Powella and Christopher Snider drove to the home of Tiffany R in the Clear Lake area of Houston. The original

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1 minute, 45 secondsplan, according to investigators, was a robbery. The pair intended to steal drugs from the group inside. By the time

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1 minute, 53 secondsit was over, four people laid dead inside that house. Tiffany Ro, age 18.

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2 minutesRachel Kolarudis, age 18. Marcus Priscella, age 19, Tiffany’s boyfriend,

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2 minutes, 9 secondsand Adalbert Sanchez, age 21, Marcus’s cousin. For years, the quadruple murder

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2 minutes, 16 secondswould go unsolved. Christopher Snider would get arrested for car theft and end up behind bars. Christine would go

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2 minutes, 25 secondsthrough rehab and was attempting to move on with her life, but tips eventually started coming in. Someone told police

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2 minutes, 33 secondsto take a closer look at Christine and Christopher. Before detectives could arrest him for the Clear Lake murders,

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2 minutes, 41 secondsChristopher Snder took his own life in 2006.

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2 minutes, 45 secondsChristine was arrested and brought to trial. In the courtroom, she pointed the finger entirely at Snyder. She claimed

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2 minutes, 54 secondsshe had been terrified, that she had no idea what he was going to do, that she was crouching behind a pillar when the

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3 minutes, 2 secondsshots rang out. She said he had forced her hand onto a gun. However, the prosecutor was quick to point out that

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3 minutes, 10 secondsChristine gave police multiple stories during their investigation, and they pointed out that Pella was armed when she entered the house the night four

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3 minutes, 18 secondspeople would die. In the end, Christine Powila was convicted of the murders of Tiffany Row, Rachel Kolarotus, Marcus Purcella, and Adelbert Sanchez.

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3 minutes, 31 secondsChristine was automatically sentenced to life in prison. However, since she was just 17 at the time of the murders, she

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3 minutes, 40 secondsis eligible for parole in 2046.