Jeannine Bonelli

Jeannine Bonelli is the main villainess from "Proof in the Pudding," episode 10.12 of Murder, She Wrote.

She was played by Liza Snyder.

Jeannine Bonelli is the wife of Philip Bonelli, who is the nephew of chef and owner of Bonelli's Restaurant, Bernardo Bonelli. However, Jeannine was secretly looking to make sure that she and Philip quickly inherit the restaurant, and she began her evil plan by killing Bernardo. While Bernardo was in his kitchen working, the evil Jeannine entered and grabbed the sharpest knife in the area, and quickly killed Bernardo with a single stab in his chest. With only mobster Paul Avoncino in her way, Jeannine arranged a meeting with her and Avoncino, and after his bodyguard exited the car, the villainess simply walked up to Avoncino and shot him to death with a silencer.

Jeannine's allergies to cilantro gave her away as the killer, as Jessica Fletcher pointed out that she noticed Jeannine wiping her eyes when she was around cilantro, and a tissue she used to do just that was found at the murder scene. After confessing to the murders, Jeannine was arrested by police.