"48 Hours": Inside the life of Tina and Joe Caronna

Joe and Tina Caronna enjoyed a lifestyle filled with beautiful fast cars, cruises and casino trips during their 15-year marriage. — CBS News/Clara Murphy

Joe and Tina Caronna enjoyed a lifestyle filled with fast cars, cruises and casino trips during their 15-year marriage.

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Joe and Tina Caronna were married in October 1993. — CBS News/Clara Murphy

Joe and Tina were married in October 1993. Their wedding reception was held on a steamboat cruising the Mississippi River.

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Tina was a divorced mother, raising her 4-year-old son, Todd, when she met Joe, a shoe salesman. Friends say Tina had a vast shoe collection.

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Tina and Joe Caronna, with Tina's son, Todd Gray. — CBS News/Clara Murphy

Beau Murphy, Tina, Todd and Joe. The antique vehicle behind them is Tina's father, Beau's, with whom she shared a love of cars.

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Tina Caronna with her mother, Clara Murphy. The two looked so much alike people thought they were sisters. They were very close until a family squabble caused a rift that kept them estranged for 14 months prior to Tina's death.

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Tina poses with the first car she bought.

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In 2000, Cathy Struna, left, met Tina and Joe Caronna at a Corvette Memphis function. The Caronnas, the Strunas and another couple, the Hathaways, often traveled to car shows and took vacations together.

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Caronna's admire Corvettes — CBS News/Matt Struna

Joe and Tina Caronna can be seen admiring a line of Corvettes.

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Joe and Tina Caronna driving their 1969 yellow Corvette for a 2008 fundraiser just a few months before Tina's murder.

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Gary and Pat Hathaway with Joe and Tina Caronna — CBS News/Scott Murphy

Gary and Pat Hathaway are shown with the Caronnas.
Gary worked on a car with Joe Caronna the day Tina disappeared. Hathaway became suspicious when he heard where the SUV containing Tina's body was found and when he noticed there was one car too many parked at the Caronna's house.

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Tina Caronna's SUV — Shelby County District Attorney's Office

Tina Caronna's body was discovered in the back seat of her Chevrolet Avalanche. She was partially nude with her hands loosely bound together with duct tape. Thousands of dollars worth of jewelry had been left on her body.

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Items in the back of Tina Caronna's SUV — Shelby County District Attorney's Office

Tina Caronna was the president-elect of the Corvette Memphis club in 2008. The coolers and tables for the group's progressive dinner party that was planned for the night she disappeared were found in the back of the Avalanche.

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Tina's sandals were placed perfectly, side by side, on the floor of the front driver's area. It was one of the clues that led investigators to believe the crime scene had been staged.

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Joe Caronna mug shot — CBS NEWS/ The City of Bartlett Police Dept.

A warrant was issued for Joe Caronna's arrest in March 2009, but he was missing. After a 17-day search, Caronna was found close to home -- 77 miles away at a hotel in Jackson, Tenn. He was arrested for first-degree murder and arraigned in Bartlett County.

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Joe Caronna was later transferred to Shelby County for trial. He was convicted of first-degree murder on Nov. 1, 2012, four years to the day that he buried his wife, Tina. He was sentenced to life in prison.

At his federal plea hearing in February 2013, Caronna agreed to forfeit his collection of sports cars and vehicles which included the following: 1971 Chevrolet Chevelle; 1969 Corvette; 1980 Corvette; 2006 Hummer; 1983 Porsche 911 and 1985 Porsche 930.

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Matt Struna lost $15,000 to his former friend Joe Caronna. — CBS News/Matt Struna

Matt Struna, pictured at right, lost $15,000 to his former friend Joe Caronna. On Feb. 26, 2013, Caronna pleaded guilty to fraud, embezzlement, and money laundering. His federal sentencing is scheduled for May 2013.

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Tina Caronna with her friend, Pat Hathaway, a fellow Corvette Memphis club member.

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Tina Caronna with her brother, Scott Murphy.

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Tina Caronna was described by her friends as the life of the party.

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Tina's friends at Corvette Memphis dedicated a bench in her memory at the National Corvette Museum in Bowling Green, Ky.

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