Christine Paolilla
Christine Marie Paolilla (born March 31, 1986) is a convicted American mass murderer who is serving a life sentence for fatally shooting four people, including two of her friends, in their Clear Lake City, Texas, home on July 18, 2003.
Following the death of her husband, Lori Paolilla began abusing drugs and eventually lost custody of her children to her parents.
[1] Paolilla's mother and stepfather disapproved of Snider, as did Koloroutis and Rowell, because of his frequent drug use and extensive criminal record.
[1] Lori Paolilla later recalled that Snider isolated her daughter from her friends and family and indicated that she had been raped and that the relationship was both abusive and dysfunctional.
[2] On July 18, 2003, Paolilla and Snider went to her friend Tiffany Rowell's home in Clear Lake City.
[4] Rachael Koloroutis attempted to crawl to a phone to call 911 after she was shot, but Paolilla struck her in the head multiple times with the butt of the revolver, bashing in her skull.
[2] On July 8, 2006, police received an anonymous tip via Crimestoppers regarding the murders of Rowell, Koloroutis, Precella, and Sanchez.
The male caller told police that he had been in rehab with Paolilla who had admitted to being a participant in the crime (it was later reported that Justin Rott was not the man who called in the tip).
He stated that Paolilla had gone back into the house and beat Koloroutis to death with a gun, after finding her still clinging to life and attempting to summon help.
[1] Paolilla initially denied killing her friends, but eventually admitted to participating in the murders but placed all the blame on her ex-boyfriend, Christopher Snider.
[8] In June 2006, Christopher Snider had moved to Greenville, South Carolina, where he was living with a woman he met online.
[12] As of June 2023[update],[a] Paolilla is incarcerated at the Christina Melton Crain Unit in Gatesville, Texas, and will be eligible for parole in July 2046, when she will be 60 years old.
[14] The case has been profiled on the documentary crime series 20/20,[15] Snapped,[16] Killer Kids,[17] Forensic Files,[18] Deadly Women,[19] and Redrum.
