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.
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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.
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Amy Gembara, takes the stand in the Lover Stalker Murder Trial.
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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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raynella leath appears in court
Melody Johnson
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Christine Baumgartner, right, and Kevin Costner, left
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Dionna Baugh appears in court in her murder trial
Dionna Baugh appears in court in her murder trial
Steven Rios listens to testimony in his murder trial
Michelle Boat reacts as the jury's verdict is read in her murder trial