Women Behind Bars: Peggy Hilt and Susan D’Aquila
Wednesday 21 Jan 11.00PM

Peggy Hilt was charged with murder in 2006. Peggy and her husband, Chris, adopted a little girl from Russia who immediately exhibited behavioral issues.

In July 2005, while Chris was at work, an emotionally unstable Peggy snapped and, according to police records, savagely beat her two-year-old daughter who died the next day. Peggy confessed and pleaded guilty to second-degree murder. Her projected release date is set for 2022.

When Susan D’Aquila was 30-years-old, she married her best friend Tony D’Aquila, a 56 year old, physically disabled groundskeeper. About six months after the wedding, in May 1986, Tony, Susan, and four of Susan’s friends went to Hoffman Dam on the Des Plaines River in Illinois.

Tony, who had difficulty swimming, drowned in the river. One of the friends confessed to authorities that he and Susan had pushed Tony into the water. Susan was convicted of murder and sentenced to 60 years in prison. Susan still maintains she is innocent.


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