HENDERSONVILLE, N.C. (Court TV) — Newly unsealed search warrants are offering new insight into the investigation into a woman accused of killing her own daughter by poisoning wine at Thanksgiving dinner.
Gudrun Casper-Leinenkugel is charged with two counts of murder and two counts of attempted murder. (Henderson County Sheriff’s Office)
Gudrun Casper-Leinenkugel, 53, is facing a list of charges, including two counts of murder and one count of attempted murder, and has pleaded not guilty.
Court TV reviewed newly unsealed search warrants in Casper-Leinenkugel’s case, which reveal that the defendant herself told officers that something may have been “off” with the wine she had served at Thanksgiving. Casper-Leinenkugel had hosted the dinner on Nov. 30, 2025; in attendance were her daughters, Leela Livis and Mia Lacey. Richard Pegg, Lacey’s boyfriend, was also there, as well as Landon Phillips, whom Casper-Leinenkugel identified as her boyfriend, and Jeffrey Bosch, whom Mia identified as Casper-Leinenkugel’s boyfriend in interviews with police…