Sarah McLeish (Murder, She Wrote)

Sarah McLeish, aka Judy Taylor (Mel Harris) is the main villainess from "South by Southwest," the first of four Murder, She Wrote TV films (airdate November 2, 1997). She was shown as a terrified witness to the murder of Peter Haywood, an analyst for the NSA who had stolen valuable codes. Sarah encountered Jessica Fletcher on a train trip, and they were relentlessly pursued by FBI agent Ryan Guzman, who Sarah believed committed the murder.
Both Jessica and Sarah were found by Guzman in the latter's home in Arizona, and it was there that Sarah attacked and disarmed Guzman, with Jessica taking the gun. However, Jessica revealed that she phoned Guzman to come to the home, because Sarah was actually the one who murdered Peter.
Sarah had known that Peter, who was a friend of hers, had taken the codes. Peter discovered a flaw in the codes and planned to report it to the Pentagon, but Sarah planned to take the codes for herself and sell them. The villainess shot and killed Peter and searched him for the codes before planning her escape. However, she had seen a passing police car and decided to remain at the scene and pose as a terrified witness. As revealed later on, the evil Sarah planned to sell the codes to her co-conspirators, Millie and Jack Ogden, a seemingly friendly couple who were on the train with Sarah and Jessica--and also murdered reporter Richard Loomis when he got close to the truth. Sarah was placed into custody after her reveal.
== Trivia ==
* Mel Harris later played vengeful villainess Julie Rollins on CSI: NY.
Category:1990s
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