Deadly Wives: Marjorie Orbin killed her husband, Jay Michael Orbin, likely for his money; Sentenced to LWOP

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Jay Orbin

Find-A-Grave: Jay Michael Orbin
Woman charged in husband’s murder on his 45th birthday
Stripper murder diary
Opening statements heard in murder trial
Lady Killer?
Orbin’s defense blames her lover for murder
Ex-wife found guilty in art dealer’s murder
Marjorie Orbin Found Guilty in 2004 AZ Murder of Husband, Spared DP
Wife gets life sentence for butchering husband
Murderpedia: Marjorie Ann Orbin
Wikipedia: Majorie Ann Orbin

Books
Dancing with Death: The True Story of a Glamorous Showgirl, her Wealthy Husband, and a Horrifying Murder
What She Always Wanted: A True Story of Marriage, Greed, and Murder

Movies/Documentaries
Betrayal: Life and Limb
Deadly Women: Fortune Hunters
Snapped: Marjorie Orbin
The Showgirl and the Salesman
48 Hours: Diary of a Showgirl
Bridal to Homicidal (this is the video)
Betrayed: Life and Limb

INMATE INFORMATION

Last Name: ORBIN
First Name: MARJORIE
Middle Initial: A
Birth Date: 10/29/1961
Gender: FEMALE
Height (inches): 68
Weight: 182
Hair Color: BROWN
Eye Color: BROWN
Ethnic Origin: CAUCASION
Custody Class: 4/2
Inmate / Detainee: INMATE
Sentence (yyymmdd): 005/00/00
Admission: 01/20/2010
Prison Release Date:
Max End Date: LIFE
Cur. Absconded: —
Hist. Absconded: —
Release Type: RECEIVED AT
Most Recent Loc.: ASPC Perryville
Unit: ASPC Perryville Lumley Unit

Community Supervision/ Parole: N
Last Movement: 02/10/2012
Commitment Status: COMPLETE AND VERIFIED
Status: ACTIVE

10 Responses

  1. I can’t understand why Marjorie would want to murder a good man who loved her and was a great father to their son. Many women would be happy and thankful to have had Jay for a husband because he was so kind. I know he deserves Heaven. Reading the book “Dance with Death” makes me want to appreciate my own husband more. Marjorie made comments about his “fat” appearance saying he was disgusting. I don’t think he was a bad looking man, rather nice looking.

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  2. I see by the time Marjorie entered prison she was 182 pounds herself. So who is talking about fat? Very sad that a decent man like Jay Orbin should meet such a fate. Jay was on the road all the time driving over the country providing for his family. THAT is why he got himself out of shape. Too bad he could not have found a better wife.

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  3. The woman is narsistic ! Who would do such a thing ? He was a wonderful man and father. Im glad Jay’s family is there for Noah, and he is happy and grows up to be the kind of man his dad was, and his brother is. She is a evil woman, All she cared about is her looks, which really arnt that attractive, especially after a few years in jail ! Jay was a handsome caring man, who married a woman who didnt love him. I dont even think God will forgive her !!

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  4. when i watch this on tlc.my god.this women need death row not life.she don*t need get old.her life need to end on half as that man he killed.

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  5. i just read the book how can she say she loved him she killed him i am so sorry for the family and how about the son his father dotted on him he gave her the best of everything she made a chose and lost it all i have no pity on her but i do jays family and his son thats wrong to take someone life like that

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  6. Just saw this story on “Scorned” tonight. Why do they always get pretty people to do the recreations when the people in real life are so unattractive and scary looking?

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  7. She is a shallow, heartless and a horrible excuse for a human being in addition to being a narcissistic, cold blooded killer. There was NOTHING wrong with Jay. He was a wonderful father and husband and she was just greedy and nasty and got rid of him when the going got rough, I feel really bad for her son who has to live with the disgusting legacy that she left for him. She deserves to rot in prison.

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  8. I believe she is innocent. True, she made bad choices, but I do not believe she killed Jay.

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    • Get real. Of course she killed him for the life insurance and other financial benefits. She saw Jay as a sperm donor, nothing more. She took up with Larry Weisberg, another nice guy like Jay, in order to frame him for the murder. It didn’t work because he had nothing to do with it.

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