UPDATE: THE VIOLENT SHADOW OF THE CHEATING SPOUSE

And I’m here to remind you

Of the mess you left when you went away

It’s not fair to deny me

Of the cross I bear that you gave to me

You, you, you oughta know

~Alanis Morissett

The following is an update to my previous post concerning women who unleash their rage upon the men who cheat on them. As you may have read in my prior post (“Kicked to the Curb: Blood In Blood Out,” June 28, 2013), one must first be reminded that those who we love the most, can easily turn into the person we hate the most.  The second thing to be reminded of is it is generally not considered a good idea to cheat on a murderous wife. Too bad this second lesson always seems to be learned a little too late.

According to correspondent, Michelle Mondo, Francis Hall battled rumors of her husband's infidelity more than two years ago by posting a message on her Facebook page.

Apparently responding to some sort of rumor concerning her marriage, she wrote the following venomous filled passage:

“There's no black eyes or legal” counsel, she wrote in February 2011. “Wishful thinking on all your (expletive) hearts. Look at your own miserable life before you judge mine. There's a lot of skeletons in your closets.”

Her opinion concerning the apparent strength of her marriage drastically changed this past week.  

Yet again, the deadly love affair ends in death.

Officials deemed a traffic crash that killed her husband Thursday a homicide, due to an alleged love triangle among Frances and her now deceased husband, Bill Hall Jr., both 50, and a woman described by authorities as his “girlfriend” hit the public spotlight.

Frances Hall was married for 32 years to Bill Hall.

She has now been charged with murder and aggravated assault with a deadly weapon in the death of her husband by running his motorcycle off the road. Sources say that, she has also been accused her of ramming her vehicle into an SUV driven by his girlfriend, who lucky for her,  wasn't injured and whose name and age was not released.

Frances posted bond on a combined $225,000 bail but was being fitted with an ankle monitor before release, which was scheduled for this past Saturday morning.Officials say Frances was driving her black Cadillac Escalade less than 2 miles from the family owned “Bill Hall Jr. Trucking Ltd.” headquarters.


After learning of her husband’s sexcapades, an enraged Frances began chasing her husband and his girlfriend, who was driving a black Range Rover owned by Bill Hall. One can only imagine the seething anger of seeing your spouse’s lover driving your husband’s car!

Frances is claimed to have purposefully collided with the Range Rover, forcing it into another lane and then struck her husband's motorcycle, forcing him to lose control and crash. Frances certainly did not stop to help. She continued to chase her husband's girlfriend.

On the surface, the couple seemed happy and content. They owned and operated Bill Hall Jr. Trucking Ltd. since 1989, which by all accounts was a very successful business. The website for the company indicates that it has a fleet of 130 trucks and offices in two Texas cities.

Investigators weren't clear on the status of the Halls' marriage. Public records showed the couple got married, both at the age of 18, in March, 1982. No divorce records were on file, the district clerk's office reports.

Sources say that in the two years since Frances Hall angrily attempted to dispute rumors of an affair in her Facebook page, the couple appeared happy in photos, often seen smiling together.

The happy photographs and smiles were only a thin veil of the turmoil lurking beneath their smiling faces. Recently, she included a new Facebook post — an image that appeared to be a message either to or from her husband.

The message says, “A pretty face gets old ... A nice body will change ... But a good woman will always be a good woman.”

Perhaps the following should have been added, “However, a cheating husband better not ride a motorcycle in front of his wife, while his girlfriend drives his truck.”

~Leonardo G. Renaud