Laura Heckman (Crossing Jordan)

Laura Heckman (Nina Landey) is the villainess of "Scared Straight", episode 2.07 of Crossing Jordan (airdate November 18, 2002). She co-owned a restaurant with her husband Tom Heckman, and the two received couple's counselling from therapist Dr. Stephanie Goodman.
Stephanie had a history of being abrupt and straightforward with her clients, with her attitude putting her at odds with Laura. Her attitude increased with her plans to fake her own death and leave her lover, radio psychologist Dr. Lisa Fromer, for her secret boyfriend David Blake, leading her to flat out tell Laura and Tom that their marriage was over and that they should divorce. Having had enough, the evil Laura confronted Stephanie in her office and stabbed her to death with a knife from Tom's restaurant. She additionally wrote homophobic slurs on the walls, potentially to make the police believe Stephanie's murder was a hate crime.
For much of the episode, Lisa was considered the prime suspect in Stephanie's murder, but evidence pointing to the true culprit was found on the murder weapon: ostrich blood, with medical examiner Jordan Cavanaugh and detective Woody Hoyt tracking down Tom and Laura's restaurant while searching Boston restaurants that served ostrich. When Jordan and Woody went with Tom to the kitchen to talk with him and Laura, Jordan recognized the knife she was holding as the same kind used to kill Stephanie. At that, Laura confessed to killing Stephanie, angrily accusing her of trying to destroy her marriage to Tom and telling her shocked husband that she couldn't live without him. Laura was presumably arrested offscreen.
Category:2000s
Category:Brunette
Category:Hero's Lover
Category:Knife
Category:Live Action Villainess
Category:Murderer
Category:Murder: Stabbing
Category:Ponytail Hairstyle
Category:Villainous Reveal
Category:Fate: Arrested