: Jill wanted to escape her marriage to Del and secure the ransom money to start a new life with Franchesco. She used the "psychic predictions" as a smoke-screen to make her kidnapping and "death" seem like a supernatural inevitability.
: Jill and Franchesco tampered with the car's brakes and staged the crash to incinerate Greta’s body, intending to leave no doubt that Jill herself had died. Key Cast & Production Jessica Fletcher : Angela Lansbury [S5E8] Prediction: Murder
In the Murder, She Wrote episode , Jessica Fletcher visits an old friend's ranch in Arizona, where a professional psychic’s dark premonitions set the stage for a complex web of deception. Episode Overview Original Air Date : January 1, 1989 Location : Lee Goddard's ranch near Tucson, Arizona : Jill wanted to escape her marriage to
: During a private party, a psychic named Franchesco predicts misfortune for Jill Goddard, the wife of Lee’s son, Del. Key Cast & Production Jessica Fletcher : Angela