{"first_publish_date": "2001", "description": {"type": "/type/text", "value": "The secret life of a Michigan couple unraveled when police discovered they\u2019d committed 2 horrific murders\r\n\r\nWhen Carol Giles\u2019s friend Nancy Billiter was found dead\u2014she had been bound, sexually violated, and injected with a lethal dose of battery acid and heroin\u2014detectives in Michigan traced Billiter\u2019s death back to Giles and her boyfriend, Tim Collier. Police also learned that the diabolical duo shared another secret: They had murdered Giles\u2019s husband, Jessie.\r\n\r\nJessie, who had died months before Billiter, was disinterred, and an autopsy proved he\u2019d been given a lethal shot of heroin instead of his prescribed insulin. Homebound and diabetic, Jessie was a heroin dealer. Police determined that Giles\u2014who was fed up with taking care of her husband and children\u2014along with her lover, Collier, had stolen the fatal dose from Jessie\u2019s own drug supply. The cops surmised that Billiter\u2019s death might have been due to her knowledge of the couple\u2019s plot. In their dramatic trial, Giles and Collier turned against each other, but both were eventually convicted of murder."}, "title": "Needle Work", "covers": [539251], "subject_places": ["Michigan"], "lc_classifications": ["CPB Box no. 2148 vol. 13"], "key": "/works/OL3130396W", "authors": [{"author": {"key": "/authors/OL6816660A"}, "type": {"key": "/type/author_role"}}], "type": {"key": "/type/work"}, "subjects": ["Murder", "Criminal investigation", "Murder, michigan", "Criminal investigation, united states"], "latest_revision": 10, "revision": 10, "created": {"type": "/type/datetime", "value": "2009-12-10T02:16:53.459119"}, "last_modified": {"type": "/type/datetime", "value": "2025-07-30T19:29:00.249132"}}