Actress convicted as accessory after double murder made disturbing remark before killings, former friend says

A period earlier Juri "Julie" Kibuishi and Samuel Herr were murdered, Rachel Buffett was readying her bachelorette enactment erstwhile she encouraged a erstwhile person to instrumentality ecstasy, according to the woman, Audrey.

"Well, if I slipped it successful your drink, you wouldn’t cognize astir it," Buffett told her, Audrey claimed.

Audrey, who besides recounts the speech successful the Investigation Discovery true-crime series, "A Killer Among Friends," said it was the past straw.

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Rachel Buffett, the erstwhile fiancée of convicted slayer Daniel Wozniak, looks and listens on with her lawyer David Medina (right) arsenic Junko Kibuishi, the parent of execution unfortunate Julie Kibuishi, speaks successful Orange County Superior Court conscionable anterior to sentencing successful Santa Ana connected Nov. 8, 2018. Buffett was sentenced by Orange County Superior Court Judge Sheila Hanson to 2 years and 8 months successful jailhouse for accessory aft the fact. (Orange County Register)

"When Rachel and [her fiancé] would get huffy astatine each other, and they were drunk, they’d outcry astatine everyone," Audrey recalled to Fox News Digital. "Of course, he’s yelled astatine maine erstwhile helium was drunk before. But it wasn’t until that nighttime that I decided to extremity our friendship."

Audrey said Buffett’s remark astir secretly drugging her didn’t consciousness similar an bare threat.

"I truly believed Rachel would person drugged maine astatine her bachelorette enactment due to the fact that she thought it would beryllium fun," she said.

Audrey, a erstwhile person of Rachel Buffett's, speaks retired successful the occurrence "Staging a Murder" premiering Aug. 10, 2026, astatine 9 p.m. connected ID. (Investigation Discovery)

Audrey walked distant from the friendship. Buffett aboriginal reached retired by text, inviting Audrey to beryllium a bridesmaid and asking if she could travel over.

About a period aft Audrey ended the friendship, Kibuishi was recovered changeable to decease successful Herr's apartment, portion Herr was missing.

Buffett, an actress, was not accused of carrying retired the murders oregon helping her then-fiancé, Daniel Wozniak, perpetrate them. In 2018, an Orange County, California, assemblage recovered her blameworthy of 2 felony counts of being an accessory aft the information aft prosecutors accused her of lying to and misleading investigators.

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Rachel Buffett is the ex-fiancée of Southern California antheral Daniel Wozniak, who’s connected decease enactment for a double-murder. (Investigation Discovery)

Fox News Digital reached retired to Buffett for remark astir Audrey's allegations. The lawsuit is explored successful the occurrence "Staging a Murder" airing Aug. 10.

"Rachel and Dan loved each other, but they besides got connected each other’s nerves," said Audrey. "It was good erstwhile they were sober, but past erstwhile they got drunk, they were ever much aggressive. They would reason and fight. I retrieve 1 clip erstwhile helium was drunk, I yelled ‘F--- you’ to him, and I threw my footwear astatine him, hitting him successful the back."

Senior Deputy District Attorney Matt Murphy alleged Rachel Buffett "lied, dodged questions and changed her story" portion being interviewed by detectives who believed Daniel Wozniak was progressive successful 2 slayings. (Investigation Discovery)

Audrey’s relationship with the mates wasn’t ever tumultuous. She met Buffett successful assemblage portion they were studying theater.

"I conscionable retrieve her being amusive and bubbly," said Audrey. "I thought, 'That's the benignant of idiosyncratic I privation to bent retired with.'"

At a party, she crossed paths with communal friends Kibuishi, a dancer, and Herr, a U.S. Army veteran.

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Sam Herr was murdered connected May 21, 2010. He was 26. (Investigation Discovery)

"I conscionable retrieve them being delightful, funny, lukewarm and loving," said Audrey. "They were bully people. You could archer they were bully people."

The buzz among the person radical was Buffett's engagement to Wozniak, a assemblage theatre actor. They planned to get joined connected May 28, 2010. A week earlier the wedding, Kibuishi and Herr were killed.

Herr's father, Steve Herr, became disquieted due to the fact that his lad wasn't answering his telephone and had failed to amusement up for a planned visit. He went to his son's flat and fto himself in. Everything appeared mean until helium reached the chamber and discovered Kibuishi's body. She was partially clothed and had been changeable successful the head. Herr was missing.

Steve Herr, Sam Herr's father, is interviewed successful ID's "A Killer Among Friends." (Investigation Discovery)

"By then, I wasn’t invited to the wedding due to the fact that I stopped being friends with Rachel and Dan," said Audrey. "I told her I didn’t privation to beryllium successful the wedding. But erstwhile I heard the news, I was truthful confused. My encephalon couldn’t wrapper astir the thought of what happened."

"I thought, ‘What did they get themselves mixed up in?’" said Audrey. "Maybe they got drunk. Maybe they got blackout drunk."

Wesley Freilich, who knew Daniel Wozniak, spoke retired astir the case. (Investigation Discovery)

At first, constabulary thought Herr had killed Kibuishi earlier fleeing. But that mentation began to unravel erstwhile investigators discovered idiosyncratic was inactive withdrawing wealth from Herr's slope account.

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Raquel Herr, the parent of execution unfortunate Samuel Herr, embraces Junko Kibuishi, the parent of execution unfortunate Julie Kibuishi, extracurricular the courtroom aft Orange County Superior Court Judge Sheila Hanson sentenced Rachel Buffett, the erstwhile fiancée of convicted slayer Daniel Wozniak, to 2 years and 8 months successful jailhouse for accessory aft the information successful Santa Ana, Calif., connected Nov. 8, 2018. (Staff Photographer)

Police traced the transactions to teen Wesley Freilich, who told investigators that Wozniak had fixed him Herr's ATM paper and instructed him to retreat money. Police arrested Wozniak astatine his bachelor party. After repeatedly changing his communicative during questioning, Wozniak confessed. Asked wherefore helium committed the murders, helium replied, "Money and insanity."

Daniel Wozniak tried to framework unfortunate Sam Herr (pictured here), for Julie Kibuishi's murder. (Investigation Discovery)

"From what I recovered out, helium was racking up tons of recognition paper debt," said Audrey. "That’s a mediocre excuse. There’s nary excuse to bash what helium did."

Despite their falling out, Audrey said she called Buffett aft Wozniak's arrest.

Actress Rachel Buffett told NBC’s "Dateline" aft her ex-fiancé’s apprehension that she was innocent. (MediaNews Group via Getty Images)

"Even though I had wholly mislaid spot successful her arsenic a human, I was inactive expressing sorrow for the hard hardship she indispensable person been going through, knowing that the emotion of her beingness that she was going to wed and walk the remainder of her beingness with did thing atrocious," she said.

"It’s a life-shattering happening to person happened. But past she responded, ‘You conscionable privation to speech to maine due to the fact that you privation your 5 minutes of fame. You don’t truly attraction astir me.’"

Junko Kibuishi, parent of execution unfortunate Julie Kibuishi, speaks successful Orange County Superior Court successful Santa Ana, California, connected Nov. 8, 2018. (Mark Rightmire/MediaNews Group/Orange County Register via Getty Images)

"Is that what you are reasoning close now?" said Audrey. "It was mind-boggling. There was specified a disconnect. I was wholly taken aback by that reaction. To me, that is not the absorption of a pistillate who conscionable recovered retired her fiancé was a murderer."

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In 2010, a week earlier Rachel Buffett and Dan Wozniak were expected to get married, authorities said Wozniak killed and dismembered 26-year-old Samuel Herr of Costa Mesa. Wozniak besides changeable Herr's friend, 23-year-old Julie Kibuishi. (Investigation Discovery)

Buffett has maintained that she had nary beforehand cognition of the murders.

"We were adjacent for truthful galore years," said Audrey. "No substance what I thought, I was inactive going to dainty her similar a quality being. At that point, it had lone been a fewer months since we ended our friendship."

Daniel Wozniak was sentenced to decease successful 2016 for the treble execution of Samuel Herr and Juri "Julie" Kibuishi. (Investigation Discovery)

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Prosecutors said Wozniak killed and dismembered Herr arsenic portion of a crippled to bargain $62,000 helium had saved from his subject service. They said Wozniak past killed Kibuishi and tried to framework Herr for her murder. Hours aft sidesplitting Herr, Wozniak performed successful the philharmonic "Nine" astatine a assemblage theater.

Orange County Senior Deputy District Attorney Matt Murphy speaks during a quality league arsenic Steve and Raquel Herr, parents of execution unfortunate Samuel Herr, perceive aft Orange County Superior Court Judge Sheila Hanson sentenced Rachel Buffett to 2 years and 8 months successful jailhouse for accessory aft the information successful Santa Ana, California, connected Nov. 8, 2018. (Staff Photographer)

"I’m innocent, and that’s what hurts maine astir successful this full concern is they’re trying to accidental I’m thing I’m not," Buffett told NBC’s "Dateline."

In 2012, Buffett was arrested connected suspicion of being an accessory aft the fact. Prosecutors aboriginal said she lied to constabulary and misled investigators portion trying to support Wozniak.

Senior Deputy District Attorney Matt Murphy said Google searches from Daniel Wozniak’s machine successful 2010 showed queries similar "how load shotgun" and "how to fell a body." (Investigation Discovery)

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Wozniak was sentenced to decease successful 2016. In 2018, Buffett was sentenced to 32 months successful jailhouse pursuing her condemnation connected 2 felony counts of being an accessory aft the fact.

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Rachel Buffett sits successful superior tribunal with her lawyer David Medina during opening statements successful her proceedings connected Wednesday, Sept. 5, 2018, successful Santa Ana, California. (MediaNews Group via Getty Images)

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Audrey said she inactive wonders who sent the substance messages she received from Buffett's telephone aft their relationship ended.

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"Were they truly from her? Or did Dan usage her phone? I don't know."

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The acquisition besides changed however Audrey chooses her friends.

Audrey told Fox News Digital this was her archetypal on-camera interrogation astir the lawsuit involving Dan Wozniak and Rachel Buffett. (© 2026 Warner Bros. Discovery, Inc. oregon its subsidiaries and affiliates. All rights reserved.)

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"It's OK to beryllium bully and respectful to radical without inviting them into your life," she said. "I [remember] the punctuation from 'Into the Woods': 'Nice is antithetic than good.' And I deliberation that is thing to deliberation astir erstwhile you're retired determination making friends. Nice is antithetic than good."