Scorned Lovers

Dealing with heartbreak, infidelity or straight-up revenge, these people are accused of stooping to unthinkable levels after their relationships fell apart.

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Jesse Alvarez is pictured in court.
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A jury deliberated before returning a verdict for Jesse Alvarez, who's accused in the 2021 shooting death of his ex-girlfriend's new fiancé.
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Jesse Alvarez took the stand and told jurors that undiagnosed autism played a part in his obsession with ex-girlfriend.
A photograph of shooting victim Mario Fierro is displayed.
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Jesse Milton Alvarez's apparent obsession with ex-girlfriend Amy Gembara led to him killing her fiancé.
Amy Gembara, takes the stand in the Lover Stalker Murder Trial.
Kaitlin Armstrong leaves the courtroom after receiving a sentence of 90 years for the murder of Anna Moriah Wilson at the Blackwell-Thurman Criminal Justice Center on Friday, Nov. 17, 2023. Armstrong was found guilty of killing Anna Moriah Wilson in May 2022 and sentenced to 90 years in prison.
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Ezra McCandless on the stand.
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Travis County prosecutor Rickey Jones (left), defense attorney, Geoffrey Puryear (right)
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Christine Baumgartner, right, and Kevin Costner, left
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Michelle Boat reacts as the jury's verdict is read in her murder trial

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Ron Arnold testified that Chad Daybell told him “When everything came out, that everything was going to be just fine,” when speaking about JJ Vallow and Tylee Ryan's whereabouts. Months later, the children were found buried on his property.
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Some key rulings in the Karen Read case that were deemed admissible include evidence of Karen Read's blood alcohol level, evidence of a failing relationship between Read and John O'Keefe and evidence of Read's out of court statements.
After Stephan Sterns was indicted on a first-degree murder charge in Madeline Soto's death, the panel asks what her mother, Jenn Soto, knew and whether she'll end up being a witness or a co-defendant alongside Sterns.

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