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Denise Goodwin, The Vulnerable

In Season 9, Episode 13, Denise Goodwin is featured on The Vulnerable. This is the story of how Denise Goodwin committed fraud and first degree murder upon Gerald Rabourn. His body has never been found.

Denise Goodwin was convicted/plead guilty to fraud and first degree murder and was sentenced to life without parole .


Her appeal (see link) includes:

 A jury found Denise Goodwin guilty of the first degree premeditated murder of an 88-year-old man and found true the special circumstance allegation that she committed the murder for financial gain. The jury made these findings despite that the victim's body had never been located. The jury also found Goodwin committed numerous theft/fraud crimes against the murder victim, the murder victim's wife, and another unrelated elderly victim. The court sentenced Goodwin to life without the possibility of parole for the murder conviction plus four years for one of the theft convictions. The court stayed the sentence on the remaining convictions.

You can write to Denise Goodwin at:

Denise Goodwin WF1395
Central California Women's Facility
P. O. Box 1508
Chowchilla, CA  93610

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