On March 12, 1992, in the Rivercrest area of

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, intruders attacked Jack Koslow and Caren Courtney Koslow, a husband and wife, in their house. Caren Koslow's throat was slashed, killing her, while Jack escaped the house and survived.Cochran, Mike.
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Crime

Authorities initially suspected Jack Koslow. They ultimately found that two people, Jeffrey Dillingham and Brian Dennis Salter,Jeffrey Dillingham
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''. July 1, 1994. Retrieved on July 17, 2016. After the attack they stole a wristwatch worth $1,600 and $200 in cash from a wallet. Kristi Anne Koslow, the daughter of Jack Koslow and stepdaughter of Caren Koslow, had conspired with Dillingham and Salter in order to get inheritance money. Kristi had provided them with the alarm codes so they could sneak into the Koslow residence. Kristi Koslow had promised them $1 million if they carried out the attack.Crawford, Bill (editor). ''Texas Death Row''.

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Background

At the time of the murder, Jack Koslow, a helicopter pilot, was 48. Caren Koslow, a member of a family of petroleum businesspeople, was 40, and Kristi Koslow was 17. Mike Cochran of the ''

'' stated that the Koslows were at the "periphery" of the "social whirl" of Fort Worth. Dillingham, born March 6, 1973, was an employee at a video store. Salter was born on April 30, 1972. Dillingham and Salter were both 19. Salter was the boyfriend of Kristi Koslow.

Legal consequences

Salter received a life sentence as part of a plea agreement. In 1994 Kristi Koslow was convicted of murder. She also received a life sentence. Dillingham refused a plea agreement, was convicted, and received the death penalty.State executes killer in Fort Worth murder-for-hire scheme
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'' at the '' Lubbock Avalanche-Journal''. Thursday November 2, 2000. Retrieved on July 17, 2016. Dillingham,

(TDCJ) #999071, was received by the prison system on August 31, 1993 at age 20. Dillingham was initially located in the

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. Retrieved on February 4, 2016. Dillingham was executed at age 27, by lethal injection, on November 1, 2000. Kristi Koslow, TDCJ #00677795, is located at the Hobby Unit. Salter, TDCJ #00678090, is located at the Alfred Hughes Unit.

Aftermath

The Fort Worth Library maintains a collection of newspaper clippings related to this case under "Koslow, Kristi". Due to the prominence of the case, in 2015 Tarrant County authorities chose to keep the paper court documents of the case as historical documents even though they have been digitized. Jack Koslow died on October 31st 2023/ (https://WWW.star-telegram.com/obituaries Sunday November 5,2023). The case was documented in "Family Plot," Episode 6 of Season 7 of ''

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'' and “Please Kill For Me,” Episode 12 of Season 3 of '' Killer Kids'' and in the Season 15 episode 8 of “ Snapped: Killer Couples”.

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