Robert Samuels
Victims
Robert Briskham Samuels, 45 – husband [12/7/1988]
James Bernstein, 27 – suspected hitman of husband [June 1989]
Paul E. Gaul is the person who Mary Ellen Samuels hired to kill James Bernstein, the hitman who she hired to kill her husband. Gaul pled guilty and was sentenced to 15-years-to-life in prison. He was released on parole in 2009.
IMDb: Robert Samuels
Judge Allows Photo of Widow in Slaying Trial
Wife Faces Charges of Hiring Assassins–Twice
Trial Under Way in Dual Murder Case
Strange Case of Mary Ellen Samuels Unfolds
Murder Trial Tells Tales Seedy and Bizarre
Murder Defendant’s Daughter Says Her Stepfather Raped and Beat Her
Samuels Denies Role in Double Slaying
Woman Is Convicted of Plotting 2 Murders
Attorney Pleads for Life of Woman Who Planned 2 Murders
Jury Urges Execution of Woman
Woman Sentenced to Death in Paid Killings
Judge Sentences Samuels to Death
S.C. Upholds Death Sentence for Valley Woman
The People v Mary Ellen Samuels 2005
Murderpedia: Mary Ellen Samuels
Court of Appeal Orders Board to Reconsider Parole for Hired Killer
Movies/Documentaries
My Dirty Little Secret: Green Widow
Nothing Personal: Green Widow
Snapped: Mary Ellen Samuels
INMATE INFORMATION
Name: SAMUELS, MARY ELLEN
CDCR#: W54370
Age: 65
Admission Date: 09/22/1994
Current Location: Women’s Facility
23370 Road 22
Chowchilla, CA 93610
(559) 665-5531
