Denise Naveau (Murder, She Wrote)

Denise Naveau (Natalija Nogulich) is the main villainess from "Murder a la Mode," episode 11.17 of Murder, She Wrote (airdate February 26, 1995). She is a former model who works for Faragere's as an assistant and seamstress.
It was revealed that Denise is not only a former lover of Edmund Faragere (the stepson of company founder Claude Faragere), but she has been a longtime cohort in Edmund's jewel-smuggling activities. As Denise herself stated, the operation usually had them moving one jewel at a time, but Edmund wanted Denise to move all of the jewels at once, as he needed money for a venture with one of his flings, married Thea Vaughn. Upset at being used by Edmund, Denise planned to kill him.
Denise's evil plan began with taking possession of a gun used by Kim Huan, who crashed an event looking for revenge against Edmund for the death of Kim's wife in a sweatshop explosion in Cambodia. She later agreed to meet Edmund regarding the jewels, with Edmund stating that he would give the jewels to her. Edmund drove up that night, and at that very moment, the evil Denise shot and killed Edmund with the gun, firing the shot through the driver's side windshield. After the murder, the villainess later took possession of the jewels, and it was because of Denise using Kim's gun that Kim ended up accused of the murder.
Denise's reveal came when Jessica Fletcher remembered that Denise specifically designed one of the dresses to carry a bit more weight. As suspected, a seam was cut out of the dress and was revealed to have the jewels inside, and it was at that moment that Denise confessed to the murder, which she was later arrested for.
== Trivia ==
* Natalija Nogulich later played the Wicked Witch on Charmed.
== Gallery ==
Evil Denise Murderess.gif|Denise killing Edmund Faragere
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Category:1990s
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