Wasted
Suzy Spencer
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1995 · Austin, Texas
Regina Hartwell
The story behind Wasted
Regina Hartwell was murdered in Austin in 1995, and her body was left in a burned vehicle. The investigation connected her death to Justin Thomas and a circle involving drugs, money, and complicated personal relationships. Thomas was convicted of murder, while testimony exposed the events leading to the killing and its concealment.
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When1995
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Snapped: Killer Couples — Kim LeBlanc and Justin Thomas
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Wasted
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Snapped: Killer Couples — Kim LeBlanc and Justin Thomas
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Scorned: Love Kills — Love Is the Drug (S2 E20) (2013)
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Beyond the Rainbow — The Murder of Regina Hartwell (S10 E5)
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LOVE MURDER
Drugs, Sex and Murder: The Lethal Love Triangle of Regina Hartwell, Kim LeBlanc and Justin Thomas
Podcast coverage of the Regina Hartwell case. Released March 15, 2023. About 89 minutes.
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The Dark Side of Love
55 – Regina Hartwell and Kim LeBlanc – Addicted to Love
Podcast coverage of the Regina Hartwell case. Released January 13, 2025. About 32 minutes.
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86. True Crime: Regina Hartwell
Podcast coverage of the Regina Hartwell case. Released February 7, 2022. About 36 minutes.
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Case File 21- Regina Hartwell Part 2
Podcast coverage of the Regina Hartwell case. Released October 23, 2019. About 44 minutes.
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Case File 21- Regina Hartwell
Podcast coverage of the Regina Hartwell case. Released October 9, 2019. About 44 minutes.
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Burning Rage
Podcast coverage of the Regina Hartwell case. Released February 14, 2025. About 38 minutes.
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Episode 8 - Cynical Cycle of Mishaps
Podcast coverage of the Regina Hartwell case. Released June 4, 2021. About 97 minutes.
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Oxygen — The Regina Hartwell investigation
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Austin American-Statesman · 1996-08-22 · Page 17
Thomas convicted of Hartwell’s murder
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Sentencing was still to follow.
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Austin American-Statesman · 1996-08-23 · Page 17
Sentencing hearing examines another alleged killing
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Thomas v. State — Regina Hartwell murder appeal
Justin Thomas’s appeal from his murder conviction and life sentence in Regina Hartwell’s death. The opinion identifies the offense as murder and examines the evidence supporting the conviction.
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- Texas Court of Appeals, Third District
- Document date
- March 12, 1998
- Case / citation
- 03-96-00600-CR · trial 0954512
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Brooke Makenna
OBSESSIVE LOVE TRIANGLE TURNS DEADLY (Regina Hartwell)
Video from Brooke Makenna covering the Regina Hartwell case. Length: 32:15.
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Love Triangle Led Man to Murder His Girlfriend’s Former Lover | Killer Couples Highlights | Oxygen
Episode recap or excerpt from Oxygen covering the Regina Hartwell case. Length: 12:56.
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Scorned: Love Kills
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