ABC’s 20/20 will take a close look at the Clear Lake Murders this Friday, a case which has shocked the Houston suburb. It is a strange story – prosecutors allege that then 17 year old Christine Paolilla and her then boyfriend, Chris Snider drove to the home of some of Paolilla’s friends to purchase drugs. Somehow the couple ended up shooting and killing all four people in the house.
The case went cold for a time, until a tipster called police and put them on the trail of Paolilla and Snider in late 2008. Before he could be arrested, Snider killed himself. Paolilla was tried and convicted of first degree murder and is now serving a life sentence in a Texas prison.