Susan Ainsley (Murder, She Wrote)

Susan Ainsley (Wendy Kilbourne) is the main villainess from "Dead Man's Gold," episode 3.06 of Murder, She Wrote (airdate November 9, 1986). She is the wife of Bill Ainsley, who is part of a quartet of young divers assembled by David Everett to search for sunken treasure.
Susan secretly harbored resentment towards the rest of the group; feeling that they considered her nothing more than Bill's "airhead" wife. Out of Bill's cohorts, she harbored most of her resentment towards the only female diver of the group, Alexandra Bell, and she plotted to kill her. Susan's evil plan began by sabotaging Bill's regulator to make it appear that Larry Gaynes was attempting to kill him--doing so to remove suspicion from herself. 
Later on, Alex phoned Susan after being left on the road by Coby Russell, which gave the villainess her opportunity. As soon as she drove up and met Alex, the evil Susan got out of her car and bludgeoned Alex to death with a tire iron. After the murder, Susan found Coby's car and smashed the right-side headlight, picking up the broken glass afterwards. As a result, Coby was suspected in Alex's murder. After Jessica Fletcher revealed Susan as Alex's killer, Susan confessed to the murder, all the while venting her resentment for Bill's cohorts. She also claimed to have done it all for herself and Bill, stating that the treasure would be theirs for the taking. Susan was later arrested (off-screen) for killing Alex.
Category:1980s
Category:Blonde
Category:Greedy
Category:Hero's Friend
Category:Hero's Lover
Category:Live Action Villainess
Category:Makeshift Weapon
Category:Murder: Bludgeoning
Category:Murderer
Category:Villainous Reveal
Category:Fate: Arrested