Slippery Motives

Slippery Motives refers to episode 13 of the Season 4 of the television series Forensic Files which was broadcast for the first time on December 29, 1999.

Plot summary
In 1986, Edward Post left the Omni Hotel in St. Louis, Missouri and went for a 40-minute jog. Before leaving, he said that he drew a bath for his wife Julie Thigpen-Post. Ed returned and called the front desk, stating that his wife had fallen in the bathtub and was not breathing, and she was dead when emergency response arrived.

The initial autopsy ruled the death accidental; however, investigators discovered that Ed had a $700,000 life insurance policy on Julie. A second autopsy found 36 areas of bruising, not noted during the original autopsy. The death was ruled a homicide, and Ed Post was charged with first-degree murder and convicted. After serving six and a half years, Ed admitted to drowning his wife.