What happened to Stabler's family?

Family. Elliot had been married to Kathy Stabler for over 30 years; they were married in 1984 when they were both 17 years old. In 2021, Kathy was killed from a car bombing.
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What happened to Stabler's daughter Maureen?

Thus, Maureen went to Hudson University (SVU: "Grief"). Maureen, despite being in college, continued to live at home even when her parents separated. When this occurred, she went to live with Kathy's mother (SVU: "Doubt", "Contagious").
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What happened to Stabler's wife and kids?

Kathleen Marie "Kathy" Stabler was the wife of Detective Elliot Stabler, and the mother of five children. Their children are Maureen, Kathleen, Elizabeth, Dickie, and Elliot, Jr. In 2021, Kathy was severely wounded in a car bombing and ultimately succumbed to her injuries.
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What happened to Elliot Stabler's son?

Elliot, who had just been handling a case of an eight-year-old boy being murdered while riding a bike, panics when he doesn't find Dickie at their family picnic and when Maureen tells him that Dickie is playing ball. He runs to find Dickie and is immensely relieved to find to find him safe.
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What happened to Elliot Stabler's daughter Kathleen?

Kathy's death and beyond

In the Season 22 episode "Return of the Prodigal Son", Kathy is severely injured in a car bombing, and later dies in hospital when her spleen ruptures. Her death leads Stabler to join the Organized Crime Control Bureau.
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Who murdered Stabler's wife?

Sacha Lenski (Jess Barbagallo), a mobster-for-hire, was killed in prison before he could give the name of who hired him to kill Kathy. Izak Bekher (Ibrahim Renno), the bodyguard of Richard Wheatley (Dylan McDermott), Angela's ex-husband, reveals that Angela had ordered the hit.
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Did Olivia and Elliot ever sleep together?

He melted down in front of Benson, and it turned out the pair did sleep together when she was just 16 (in case you weren't sure).
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What happened to Professor Wheatley law and order?

In the debut season of Law & Order: Organized Crime, Angela Wheatley (Tamara Taylor) is poisoned by her mafioso husband, Richard (Dylan McDermott), after she decides to testify against him. After the incident, it appears that the poison left Angela with both physical and cognitive issues.
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Does Wheatley get off?

Richard Wheatley's Verdict

When the jury is deadlocked, Barba moves for a mistrial and the judge declares one. Later, Barba informs Wheatley that the DA's office decided not to move forward with a re-trial. He's a free man.
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Does Stabler meet Noah?

Thursday night was a big one for "Law & Order: SVU" fans: Olivia Benson's former "single most important person" in her life met the current single most important person in her life. That's right, Benson's OG partner Elliot Stabler finally crossed paths with her son, Noah (Ryan Buggle).
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What happened to Stabler's wife Kathy?

But Stabler was also married for most of his time on SVU — he and Kathy (Isabel Gillies) did split but reunited — until the crossover that kicked off his show. In it, Kathy was killed off after a car bomb went off. Even as she was dying in the hospital, the focus was on Benson and Stabler reuniting after 10 years.
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Did Elliot and Kathy Stabler get divorced?

Frustrated with her husband's long hours and short temper, Kathy eventually left Elliot and even filed for divorce. Ultimately, Kathy and Elliot were able to rekindle their relationship and decided to remain married, but not before Elliot got a taste of the semi-single life.
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Who were Elliot Stabler's kids?

In order, his children are Maureen, Kathleen, twins Richard "Dickie" and Elizabeth "Lizzie," and Elliot Stabler Jr. Previously, in Seasons 2 and 12, Kathleen was charged twice for a DUI and eventually robbery.
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What happened to Dani on Law and Order SVU?

Beck leaves SVU after she bonds with an abused child and takes her in, only to find that there is nothing she can do to help her when the child tries to burn down her house in an attempt to kill herself and Dani so they could be together forever.
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Why did Benson and Stabler stop being partners in season 7?

Mariska Hargitay as Capt. Olivia Benson on “Law & Order: Organized Crime.” Why did Meloni leave “SVU”? After more than 270 episodes and 12 seasons, Stabler was written off the show — not for creative reasons but because Meloni and NBC reached an impasse over his contract negotiations.
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What happened between Stabler and Benson?

After 12 years of working together as partners for the NYPD's Special Victims Unit, Stabler ghosting Benson for a decade — only to return to New York City for his wife to be murdered after a car bomb went off — an unexpected declaration of "I Love You," a letter Stabler wrote Benson that opened "a parallel universe" ...
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Did they find Richard Wheatley's body?

Although Angela's body was recovered, Richard's corpse wasn't found, leading many to suspect he had simply fallen out of the car during the fall. However, Stabler seemed more uncertain about whether Richard had made it out in time and somehow escaped.
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Why is Barba representing Wheatley?

That's because he represented Richard Wheatley when he was on trial for the murder of Detective Elliot Stabler's wife; she had asked him not to.
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Why did Barba become defense attorney?

He resigned from his job in "The Undiscovered Country" after being too traumatized by a case involving an infant with MDDS. He became a defense attorney in 2021 and defended a man who had murdered his daughter's rapist.
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What happened to Angela Wheatley's son on law and order?

“This is not going to end the way you think it is,” Stabler told Angela when she answered his call. Amidst Richard telling her he loved her, Stabler dropped a bombshell on her: Her ex-husband killed their son Richie (Nick Creegan).
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What happened Dana Wheatley?

It is unknown what happened to Dana after Angela and Richard hid her from the police. Considering her whole family is dead, it is likely that if she wasn't arrested and imprisoned at some point that she left New York however this remains unclear.
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Is Gina dead on Organized Crime?

It is official. Gina is dead. Law & Order: Organized Crime Season 1 Episode 6, “I Got This Rat,” did not show her dying, which gave us hope that she was going to reappear unscathed. However, unless Dick Wolf is delving into the world of zombies, Gina is gone for good.
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Why did Munch leave SVU?

And if you want to know why Belzer left the series, it seems the actor's age forced an earlier retirement than some may have expected for his fan-favorite "SVU" character.
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What episode does Olivia kiss Elliot?

"Law & Order: SVU" is in its 23rd season now and still going strong. The most recently aired Episode 6, aptly titled "The Five Hundredth Episode," marks a rare milestone in the show's history that not many TV programs ever get to celebrate.
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Is Olivia in love with Elliot?

The rumors are true. Law and Order's Olivia Benson is in love with Elliot Stabler, according to Mariska Hargitay. The actress addressed fan speculation (and hope) that Benson and Stabler would fall in love years after their characters met on Law and Order: SVU, and despite their tangential love lives.
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