Rachel Edwards

Rachel Edwards (aka Patricia Anne Wagner) was the main villainess from the 2016 Lifetime film, A Date to Die For.

She was played by Jennifer Taylor.

Not much is revealed regarding Patricia's backstory, except that she is a murderous psychopath who was wanted on charges of murder, attempted murder, and assault with a deadly weapon. Patricia managed to escape the law and move into a different neighborhood under a different name: Rachel Edwards.

Under her new identity, Rachel posed as the best friend of main protagonist Laura Armstrong, all the while secretly harboring a crush on Laura's estranged husband, Derek. When Laura started dating, Rachel conspired with her lover, Travis, to kill Laura's date, Michael Hall. Travis committed the actual murder, but it was Rachel who placed Laura's fingerprints on the murder weapon: a knife. Knowing that Laura was on medication, Rachel sabotaged her meds by replacing them with sugar pills, to take away Laura's sanity.

Rachel's villainous reveal began after police discovered her wanted poster online; meanwhile, the villainess was visited by Laura, and later drugged Laura's wine. Despite feeling the effects, Laura made it home and was encountered by a masked intruder with a knife, revealed to be Travis after Laura stabbed him fatally. Rachel arrived at the home and cradled Travis as he faded, revealing her true role to Laura, Rachel later claimed that Derek loved her, even if he didn't know it, and that Laura didn't appreciate him or everything else she had. When Laura asked why Rachel didn't just kill her, the psychotic murderess replied that killing Laura would only cause Derek and their daughters to remember her fondly, but painting Laura as insane would put Rachel in a higher regard. Rachel made an attempt to kill Laura with a knife, only for police to enter Laura's home and shoot Rachel to death.