Leona Schubert (Murder, She Wrote)

Leona Schubert (Anita Morris; 1943-1994) is the main villainess from "The Search for Peter Kerry," episode 5.11 of Murder, She Wrote (airdate February 5, 1989). She is the wife of theatre manager/con artist Danny Schubert, though they were actually separated, as Leona herself revealed.
Leona and Danny were also cohorts in a lucrative scheme, with Leona participating after she held Danny at gunpoint demanding her back alimony. The scheme involved enlisting a man named Rick Barton, who survived a car accident, and attempting to pose him as Peter Kerry--the long lost grandson of wealthy Arthur Kerry. During their plot, however, Leona heard Danny reveal to Rick's girlfriend Edie (who he was hitting on) that he was planning on leaving her.
With the realization that she could be cut out of her share of the reward money, Leona set out on killing her husband. She confronted Danny in the Kerry family garage, and during the argument, the evil Leona stabbed Danny to death. Other than revenge, Leona's motive was monetary; with Danny dead, she could inherit everything, including the reward. The villainess left the scene and approached Jessica Fletcher regarding her (feigned) concern over Danny's disappearance, and it was in the garage where they both found Danny lying deceased. Leona's reveal came when Jessica set a trap to catch Danny's killer, doing so by revealing that Danny lit the killer's cigarette before he was murdered. Realizing that the cigarette was evidence, Leona returned to the scene and retrieved it, only to be caught and arrested for her husband's murder.
== Trivia ==
* Anita Morris later played villainess Eunice Danforth on Eerie, Indiana.
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Category:1980s
Category:Conspirator
Category:Femme Fatale
Category:Greedy
Category:Hero's Lover
Category:Live Action Villainess
Category:Murder: Stabbing
Category:Murderer
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Category:Vengeful
Category:Villainous Reveal
Category:Fate: Arrested