Prosecutors alleged that Frances Schreuder did not want to be cut out of her father's will and wished to continue funding her lavish lifestyle.
Heiress Frances Berenice Schreuder (born on April 6, 1938, in Salt Lake City, and died on March 30, 2004) pressured her 17 year old son Marc Schreuder to murder her father, oil and auto parts millionaire Franklin Bradshaw.[why?]
Marc Schreuder was convicted of second-degree murder in 1982 and spent 12 years in the Utah State Prison.
[2] Schreuder's psychiatrist Herman Weiner filed a libel suit against Alexander and her publisher based on his being mentioned in two paragraphs.
The case went to the New York Court of Appeals, which ruled in favor of the author and publisher, noting that the allegedly defamatory content was "pure opinion" and thus protected under the law, and also set legal precedent.