Donnellan's courtroom was crammed with people who came to watch the dramatic ending of a highly publicized case, but convicted killer Ralf Panitz was not present. Neither was Jerry Springer ...

Of course some guests didn't always know what they were signing up for. Nancy Campbell-Panitz was one of the unlucky individuals who was kept in the dark about her appearance on the controversial ...

Ralf Panitz appeared on the show with his wife Eleanor and ex-wife Nancy Campbell-Panitz, Jeffrey’s mother, in 2000. But just hours after it aired on TV, Panitz beat 52-year-old Nancy to death ...

SARASOTA, Fla., Oct. 5 -- Months before her death, Nancy Campbell-Panitz went on "The Jerry Springer Show" with her ex-husband and his new wife thinking they would reconcile. The show's producers ...

Ralf Panitz, 42, was found guilty of second-degree murder Tuesday night in the slaying of Nancy Campbell-Panitz, 52. Jurors, who deliberated for 18 hours over two days, also convicted him of ...

Eleanor Panitz had been held as a material witness in the slaying of Nancy Campbell-Panitz. But she has been released to the custody of a friend. Her husband Ralf Panitz is jailed on a first ...

His tie to Detroit was through another famous — and controversial — celebrity, also with political aspirations, attorney Geoffrey Fieger, who defended Ralf Panitz, who was in his 40s and went ...

Unlike many guests on the show, Campbell-Panitz didn't engage in any yelling nor physical attacks on air; on the contrary, she walked offstage when she realized she was being ambushed.