Episode Details

Carrie Phenix presented herself as an attorney who handled wills, trusts, and estates. In reality, her name was Caroline Herrling, she had no law license, and the legal authority she displayed existed almost entirely on forged paper.

Using fake identities, counterfeit wills, impostors, and practiced signatures, Carrie stole nearly $3.9 million from vulnerable people, including the elderly, the isolated, and the dead.

Then she and her accomplice allegedly found Charles Wilding dead inside his home. Instead of contacting authorities, they kept him alive on paper, took control of his estate, and disposed of his remains in San Francisco Bay.

Carrie received 20 years in federal prison for fraud,, but she was never charged with murder.

In this episode of GBRLIFE of Crimes, we examine Carrie’s calculated methods, the psychology behind her predatory behavior, and how someone could do all of this without ever facing a homicide charge.

 

Read the companion blog post, “Twenty Years, and How Easy It Was”:
 https://www.gbrlife.com/blog/carriephenix

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