Laura Rideout has filed an appeal of her murder conviction. According to the Democrat & Chronicle, Laura is blaming her sons for the murder of Craig Rideout and says she only helped them clean the crime scene. Craig Rideout was murdered at his home in Penfield in 2016. His beaten and disfigured body was found wrapped in a tarp along a rural roadside in Yates County. Laura and Colin Rideout were convicted of murder and tampering charges and received life sentences. Alex was convicted of two counts of tampering with evidence. Laura's boyfriend, Paul Tucci. was cleared of all charges. Laura Rideout was also found guilty of burglary after she was found in her dead husband's townhouse hours after his body was discovered. Laura Rideout and her co-defendants were caught on surveillance videos from Walmart stores hours before the media. They were purchasing items later found at crime scenes. Laura Rideout is in custody at the Bedford Hills Correctional Facility in Westchester County.