: 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 Goddard , with the help of the psychic Franchesco . [S5E8] Prediction: Murder
: Dale Robertson (reprising his role from the previous episode) Franchesco : David Birney Jill Goddard : Lisa Pelikan Del Goddard : Michael Spound : Jill wanted to escape her marriage to
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 : Dale Robertson (reprising his role from the
: 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
: After two of the psychic's predictions seemingly come true—Jill nearly chokes on toast and later falls from her horse—she is kidnapped for a $1 million ransom. The Mystery and Revelation