Steve Craven Crimeline
Steve Craven | For Love And/or Money
1984: Steve Craven met Adele Vicuna at work and the two began dating.
1989: Steve Craven got his pilot’s license. That same year, he married his longtime girlfriend Adele.
1990: Steve left the Coast Guard and became a commercial airline pilot. h
1992: The family moved from California to the Cincinnati area.
Spring 2000: Adele Craven began an affair with Rusty McIntyre.
July 12, 2000
9:12a: Adele called Rusty McIntyre and told him that it was time to kill her husband.
10: Adele missed an appointment to paint a house.
10:30: Adele left the neighborhood to run errands.
10:41: Rusty McIntyre went to Home Depot.
10:43: Adele took out a $4000 cash advance at the bank.
11:05: Adele paid Rusty’s cell phone bill.
12:30p: Adele showed up at the painting job she had scheduled, 2 and a half hours late.
8:30p: Adele returned home and found her front door open. A neighbor then found Steve Craven’s body.
July 21, 2000: Adele Craven was arrested for murder.
July 28: Rusty McIntyre was arrested for murder.
July 29: Ronald Prior was arrested for murder.
June 2001: Rusty McIntyre pleaded guilty.
May 2002: Ron Pryor was found guilty.
November 2002: A mistrial was declared after a jury could not reach a verdict in the case against Adele Craven.
February 19, 2005: Adele pleaded guilty after the state rested its case in her retrial.
Sources: 2024 Crimelines Podcast Source List