At an early age Christine Paolilla was forced to go through several hardships. After her father was killed in a construction accident, her mother began abusing drugs and neglecting Christine and her brother. Soon, Paolilla's maternal grandmother took the two children in to care for them. Around this time Paolilla was diagnosed with alopecia and had lost most of her hair. She would wear wigs and also had to wear thick eyeglasses which lead to her classmates bullying her.
By the time Paolilla was ready to enter high school, her mother had received the help she needed and was able to have custody of Christine and her brother again. The family moved to Clear Lake City, Texas and Paolilla attended Clear Lake High School.
Once there Paolilla met Rachel Koloroutis and Tiffany Rowell. The two befriended her and gave her some what of a makeover which helped her to gain some self worth and acceptance from the students there.
With her new found confidence she met and began dating 21 year old Christopher Lee Snider. Snider had a history of drug use as well as a criminal record. Paolilla's friends and family did not like Snider because of this and felt he was too controlling of Paolilla. Their relationship quickly lead to them both using drugs and constant arguing. During one fight they had, Paolilla wouldn't leave Snider's front yard and screamed threats of killing his family if he wouldn't stay with her.
On the night of July 18, 2003 Paolilla and Snider planned to go to Rowell's house to steal drugs from her and boyfriend Marcus Precella. Koloroutis, and Precella's cousin Adelbert Sanchez were also at the house. Once Snider and Paolilla arrived, an arguement broke out between Snider and Precella which lead to Snider shooting him as well as the others multiple times killing three of them. Rachel Koloroutis tried to make her way to a phone but, Paolilla caught her and beat her in the head with the butt of a gun crushing her skull, killing her as well.
For two years the case ramained unsolved due to the lack of evidence that was left behind at the scene.
By 2005 Paolilla and Snider had broken up, Paolilla was sober, and she had married a man she met in rehab, Justin Rott. With a trust fund of $360,000 she received from her father's death the couple moved in to a new home together.
On the two year annivesary of the brutal murders, after seeing a news story speaking of how the case still remained unsolved which then showed the police sketches of Paolilla and Snider, Paolilla admitted to Rott of what she and Snider had done.
From there the two went into hiding for eight months in a local motel where they heavily used heroin on a daily basis.
During this time a man who had been in rehab with Paolilla called Crimestoppers and reported that Paolilla had addmitted to him she and Snider had commited the murders.
On July 19, 2006 police arrested Paolilla on suspicion of murder and Rott for having drugs.
While in custody Rott told police of Paolilla's confession.
It was quickly made known police were now on the hunt for Snider who had been in and out of jail the last few years and was currently living in South Carolina with a girlfriend.
A family member of Snider's had called to alert him of the warrant police had out and Snider made the decision he would not go back to prison ever again.
On August 5, 2006 police found a dead body deep into the woods who they determined to be Snider. He had committed suicide by overdosing on prescription pills.
By October 2006 Christine Paolilla was convicted of four counts of capital murder and sentenced to life in prison.