Linda DiSilva’s marriage to Robert Edelman seemed almost ideal at first, but it would end with a shocking crime. Robert, her college boyfriend turned wealthy businessman, had been everything Linda ever wanted in a life partner. But over the years, things changed.

Join us at the quiet end for You Hired the Wrong Guy…Or Did You? The more money Robert brought in, the worse husband he became. When Linda finally gave up on the marriage and asked Robert for a divorce, his cold demeaner and anger escalated into threats as well as physical and emotional abuse. Then, when Linda disappeared before the divorce could be finalized, people began to suspect her soon-to-be-ex-husband.

Sources

Did Robert Edelman Plot to Kill His Wife? D Magazine, Sally Giddens, 5/1/1988. Retrieved 6/4/2025.

My Husband’s trying to Kill Me! by Jim Schutze