Saturday 06th Dec 2025
Episode Number: 
71
In the early hours of 26 August 2008, Christopher Foster shot and killed his wife, Jill and their 15-year-old daughter, Kirstie Foster, while they slept. He then took his own life.

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Chris Foster, The Millionaire in So Much Debt He Committed Familicide

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