About this episode

The episode discusses the suspicious death of Patricia Leigh Mills and the subsequent actions of her husband and his new wife.

THIS ONE IS FULL OF THE CRAZIESSSSSSS, FAM! When 31-year-old Patricia Leigh Mills is found dead in her home - the victim of a voracious house fire - the police JUST TAKE HER HUSBAND AT HIS WORD that it was a terrible accident. The husband - a real PEACH of a man named Delbert - remarries less than six months later TO A REAL PIECE OF WORK named Allison Salinas, and this confirms for Patricia's family that her death was no accident. Cut to years later when Allison, now on her fourth marriage, tries to enlist her high school boyfriend to kill husband number 4. And now the internet sleuths are connecting Allison and Delbert to Patricia's death. YEAH, IT'S A LOT - YOU GOTTA JUST COME SCREAM ABOUT IT WITH US! F ind and watch "Secrets in the Ashes" on Peacock LOOKING FOR MORE TCO? On our Patreon feed , you'll find over 400 FULL AD-FREE BONUS episodes to BINGE RIGHT NOW , including our episode-by-episode coverage of popular documentary series like Love Has Won: The Cult of Mother God , LulaRich , and The Curious Case of Natalia Grace ; classics like The Jinx , Making A Murderer , and The Staircase ; and well-known cases like The Menendez Murders , Casey Anthony: American Murder Mystery…

People in this episode

Host: True Crime Obsessed

Topics covered

• murder
• arson
• investigation
• marriage
• true crime
• internet sleuths

Keywords

• Patricia Leigh Mills
• Delbert
• Allison Salinas
• murder investigation
• house fire
• true crime
• internet sleuths

Sponsors

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Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Peacock

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