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And then the next thing I see is I saw a hammer go into Dale's head.
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This is Marissa Dvau. And in January 2009, she carried out the unthinkable
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involving her own husband and a hammer. This was an act brutal in its intimacy,
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committed not by a stranger in the night, but by the very woman who had once vowed to love him for life.
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However, Marissa's own story is not one of heartbreak or desperation. Instead, it is tangled in betrayal. secret
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affairs, financial ruin, and a motive so selfish it shocked even the most
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seasoned of detectives. And while she may have believed that she had the perfect cover story, her lies began to
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unravel almost as quickly as her alibis changed, leaving behind a trail of deceit, manipulation, and a truth far
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darker than anyone expected. Hey there, folks, and welcome, or
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welcome back to Coffee House Crime. My name's Adrian and today's story comes with a cocktail of lies, deceit,
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betrayal, and even sugar daddies. With an alibi that changes more often than your exartner's Netflix password and a
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motive that seems to be so self-absorbed it could have been written by a narcissist. This case spirals from
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bizarre to downright outrageous. And of course, I'm talking about the case of Marissa Devoir. By the way, that surname
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is so strange. The French usually say D'Vor and Americans usually say Devault, but this one she was adamant it's
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Marissa Devoir.
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also scarce, and that's probably because you have a sprawling modern city in the middle of a harsh and unrelenting
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desert. But beneath the sunny exterior lies a darker history, too. Beginning in
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the 1960s, Phoenix consistently ranked among the nation's most crimeridden cities. And then throughout the 70s and
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80s, crime rates would only climb higher, peaking in 1993 at over,00
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crimes per 100,000 people, meaning that one in every 100 residents was either a
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victim of or involved in a crime here. Now, since then, law enforcement has successfully pushed back. And although
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the city's crime rates have indeed fallen, Phoenix still ranks amongst one of the most dangerous cities in the
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whole of the United States. And I have to say, it's given us some of the country's most infamous cases, too. Like
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Aras aside, I'll be kind and blame the city's crime rate on the heat. But quite clearly, the desert has no shortage of
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high-profile homicides. Now, when police dispatchers answer the phone, it is usually over minor disputes, petty
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thefts, or the occasional butt dial. However, in the early morning hours of January the 14th, 2009, all of that
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changed when Arizona police received a frantic phone call from a woman who sounded beyond distressed. without
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providing her name. She was chatting so quickly and chaotically that the operator could barely make out a word of
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what she was saying. The only thing that she could gather was one word, which was help. However, moments later, the line
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suddenly went dead. Dispatch immediately redialed and once again, the same
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frantic voice answered. She was still incomprehensible and again, just like
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last time, the line was then suddenly cut off. Operators scrambled to trace the signal, dispatching police officers
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to the address as soon as they discovered it. However, before they could even reach the property, a third
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phone call came through. It was her again, who this time simply asked, "Are
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they coming?" Unprovoked and out of nowhere, she then suddenly said, "He was strangling me." And when asked if he had
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any weapons on him, she replied with, "Not anymore." Only a few minutes later,
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a first response team pulled up outside of the property and in the hallway they found the woman shaking with her
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forehead covered in blood. Beside her was another man who was trying to steady her who quickly told the officers that
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his name was Stanley Cook Jr. Soon enough, officers verified the woman to be Marissa Devoir, and the man next to
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her, Stanley, was her housemate. She also confirmed that upstairs they could find her three daughters safe and sound
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asleep. However, this is where the story begins to get a little bit strange
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because when asked if she was okay or if she was injured, Marissa explained that the blood was not actually hers, but
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instead belonged to her husband, Dale Harold. She also told them that if they
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were to travel upstairs, they could find him lying on the bedroom floor. Paramedics rushed to the master bedroom
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and what they found was a horrific scene. The bed sheets were soaked in blood, the walls were spattered and the
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floors were stained. But despite the sheer amount of blood loss, to their shock and surprise, Dale was still
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actually alive. First responders immediately sprang into action. He was clinging to life, but put bluntly, his
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injuries were catastrophic. Surprisingly, Marissa appeared to be right about that hammer.
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In a desperate attempt to try and save his life, Dale was rushed to the nearest hospital. Meanwhile, officers realigned
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their focus towards the crime scene and his wife. Now, Marissa definitely knew a thing or two about his injuries. I mean,
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it was quite literally painted all over her face. But in her current state, they were lucky to even get a word or two
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from her. From what investigators could piece together from her friend Stan was that the couple had been arguing for
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most of the night. And when he later heard Marissa screaming, that is when he decided to intervene. Grabbing a claw
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hammer just in case, Stan then barged into the couple's bedroom. And that is where he allegedly found Dale on top of
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Marissa, who was now unconscious and bruised. And giving Dale no time to react. That is when Stan apparently
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struck him multiple times until he collapsed to the floor. And that's how the story goes. In their minds at least.
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But the authorities, well, they were not so convinced. And you could say that they already noticed that several things
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were not quite adding up. But before we go any further, let's first talk about who these people were and more
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specifically how it all ended in such a violent struggle. [Music]
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Marissa, who was 34, and Dale, 36, were a couple that lived in the quiet suburb
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of Gilbert, Arizona. Throughout the years, the two held typical traditional roles where Marissa was a stay-at-home
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mother and Dale worked as a mechanical engineer at a nearby firm. Between them, they also had three daughters together.
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Their oldest, Rionan, who was 13 years old at the time, was actually from Marissa's previous relationship with
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another man. But to Dale, that did not actually matter, and he loved Rian just
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as much as if she were his own. So it turns out that both Marissa and Dale actually knew each other throughout high
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school when they both attended Lake Havasu. But back then the relationship never went beyond Platonic. They were in
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different years after all and rarely crossed paths. It was immediately after high school that the main differences
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between the two really stood out. For example, Marissa jumped straight into various customer service roles. However,
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when she became pregnant with Rian, her life was basically thrown into turmoil. Unfortunately, the father was always out
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of the picture, and so money quickly became a pressing issue. But Marissa persevered, and with her being
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determined to support her baby by any means possible. She unfortunately stepped into the more controversial side
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of work by becoming an exotic dancer at a gentleman's club. In case you're wondering or just curious, her stage
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name was Reesei Cup, probably a play on Reese's Peanut Butter Cups, which to be fair to her are quite delicious. I
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suppose she was sweet enough to lure you in and nutty enough to keep things interesting. Meanwhile, Dale graduated a
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couple years after Marissa, of course, because he was a couple years younger before then going on to study mechanical
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engineering in college and then specializing in refrigeration technology. The man was quite
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forwardthinking and clearly setting himself up for a solid career. Side note, but for those of you who've been
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here for a while, you'll know that I also used to be an engineer, but then YouTube happened and it basically ruined
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my chances of ever having a normal CV again. So, who knows what happens next. Maybe it's exotic dancing for me. I
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mean, I've already mastered the art of making people quite uncomfortable in 4K. Anyway, although their lives were quite
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different for a while, Marissa and Dale would eventually reconnect in their early 20s after a chance encounter in
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Phoenix, they started chatting and meeting up regularly afterwards, and that is when the relationship would
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quickly turn romantic. Now, Dale was not actually phased at all by the fact that
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Marissa was a single peanut butter cup mom. Instead, he seemed to embrace the
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idea, and as for Rian, he naturally slid into a rather fatherly role. So much so
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that by the end of the month, she and her mother had become his two favorite people. Shortly after, Dale and Marissa
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moved in together before eventually making things official. With Dale's steady income and his strong work ethic,
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he was also building his own refrigeration business and providing a solid foundation for the growing family.
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The stability meant that Marissa could quit her own job and now stay home with Rian instead, swapping late nights and
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stilettos for bedtime stories and packed lunches. It is clear to see that Dale
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was a very good man. He loved his family and wanted all of them to feel safe, happy, and supported. Within a couple
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years, the two married, and soon after, they welcomed two other children to the family, that being little Kieran and
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Little Dan. By all outward appearances, they were a happy family like any other, but the truth is that their marriage was
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not without its own fair share of complications. Now, Dale was easygoing, steady, and down to earth. He certainly
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wasn't extravagant, but also he didn't need to be. What mattered most to him was providing for his family and being
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present for his three girls. Marissa, on the other hand, was a handful, to say
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the least. She was impulsive, temperamental, and particularly reckless with money. You could say that she had a
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hard time managing her finances, and that affected Dale and the kids quite severely. These clashing attitudes
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towards money caused a lot of tension behind closed doors, which would often end in shouting matches, arguments, and
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even doors being slammed by Marissa after she stormed out. None of these things were unheard of in the household,
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and even neighbors would worry from time to time. And sadly, that also means that many of these blowups were often
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witnessed and seen by their own daughters. In later years, Marissa claimed that Dale's anger turned into
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violence. She accused him of emotional abuse and even suspected him of being unfaithful. However, both friends and
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family all claimed that they had never seen this from him before and instead described him as gentle, loving,
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sensible, and patient. And rather interestingly, it was actually Marissa who was known to be volatile. Many of
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her friends knew how often she would trash the house, and those familiar with her knew how much she loved money. And
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all of this was in stark contrast to Dale, who was frugal, sensible, and peaceful. Unsurprisingly, but due to
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Marissa freewheeling all of the time and the challenge of supporting a family of five on a single income, the couple
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would often find themselves to be short on cash by the end of the month. And so with bills piling up and trying to make
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ends meet, they decided to take on a lodger, that being 31-year-old Stanley Cook Jr. Now, having Stan as a housemate
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provided a little bit extra income. And with him being available half of the time, he could even help support the
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kids, too. And by all accounts, Stan was actually a decent lodger, one who kept
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to himself and even respected their space. Now, despite their many issues,
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one thing was very clear about Marissa and Dale's marriage, and that is that Dale absolutely adored his wife. For all
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of her shortcomings and her issues, he loved her and their children endlessly.
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So, with that in mind, how did Dale go from both peaceful and loving to the apparently abusive man who was now dying
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on the floor? Well, to answer that question, we must go back to the crime scene. Now, according to Marissa and
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Stan, Stan had attacked Dale in an effort to protect Marissa from him. However, the investigators began to grow
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suspicious when they started examining the crime scene more closely. To begin with, extensive blood spatter analysis
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of the crime scene did not support their theory. In fact, blood stains indicated that Dale had actually been alone in the
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bed at the time of being assaulted and that Marissa was not actually underneath him as she had claimed. Further analysis
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of the room showed no sign of any struggle either. For example, Marissa escaped with all of her fingernails both
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perfectly manicured and intact, suggesting that she was never in a position where she had to scratch or
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claw to defend herself. Evidence also pointed to Marissa being in the same room during the attack, while there was
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no evidence that Stan was even in the room at all. And then when they turned their attention to the claw hammer, they
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discovered that not only was it covered in Marissa's DNA, but it actually held no trace of Stan's DNA either. With all
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of this information combined, the police were confident enough to finally arrest Marissa on suspicion of assaulting Dale,
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who at the time was still fighting for his life in hospital. But despite now being in custody, she still maintained
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that Stanley was in fact the one who actually attacked Dale. She would even create a written statement confessing
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this. But again, the investigators were not so convinced to say the least. There
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was something about Marissa's story that was not quite adding up, and everybody knew it. But how or what or why was
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still anyone's guess. And so they began to take a closer look at Stanley Cook and his version of the events. And what
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they found was deeply concerning. So, as it turns out, Stan was actually in a serious motorbike accident back in the
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year 1998, which left him not only with a brain injury, but severe short-term
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memory loss. Which, of course, leads us to the night that Dale was murdered. And surprise, surprise, he eventually
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confessed to officers that he couldn't remember anything from that night. Apparently, it was all just one giant
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blank for him. And so, he relied on Marissa to tell him what had happened. And of course, that leads to the obvious
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possibility that Marissa might have been using his memory loss for her own personal gain. So, this was enough for
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the officers to feel uneasy about the situation, but not really enough to convict her. They needed more evidence
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first, and of course, a motive. Without any substantial evidence,
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Marissa was permitted to post bail and then return home. Meanwhile, detectives continued to look for more information.
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They began by conducting a deep dive into the family's emails and financial records. And what they found did not
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paint Marissa in a good light whatsoever. It turns out that her bank statement showed transactions that could
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not actually be linked to Dale's earnings, meaning that Marissa had a secret source of cash flowing into her
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bank account. And we're not talking 10 or 20 bucks here, but hundreds of thousands of dollars. So, where could
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all of this money be coming from? Well, it didn't take long for the authorities to find out. It turns out that Marissa
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had actually been leading a secret double life and one that Dale knew nothing about. She had found herself a
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sugar daddy and one that she believed would solve all of her money problems. The man's name was Alan Flores, a
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wealthy businessman who was ready to spoil Marissa for as much as she wanted.
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They exchanged emails and then phone numbers and then over time began a sexual relationship. And all of this
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spanned for more than 2 years without Dale's knowledge whatsoever. So in essence, over the course of 2 years, not
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only was she carrying an affair, but she was trading companionship and favors for cash, all behind Dale's back. And would
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you believe that she received more than $360,000 from Alan. However, despite the
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arrangements, it wasn't actually all that PG between the two. And after a couple of years of infidelity, Alan had
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grown tired of Marissa's endless demands. He wanted out of this situationship. And it turns out that he
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also wanted all of his money back. And if she couldn't pay him, well, Alan threatened legal action to recover what
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he could. Now, obviously, this would have exposed her secret affair. And that is when Marissa panicked. Facing the
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potential destruction of her marriage and her family, legal charges, and a massive debt she couldn't repay, Marissa
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was quite clearly in very hot water. As her debts mounted and tensions escalated, Marissa faced one horrible
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choice. Confronting her looming financial ruin or escape it by any means necessary. And tragically, she chose the
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latter. While detectives were slowly learning about all of this, Dale still remained in critical condition and
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emergency surgery had somewhat stabilized him at the time. But sadly, he never woke up. Dale lay unconscious
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in that hospital bed. Trapped in the limbo between life and death with the rest of his family at his side. As the
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weeks passed, their confidence in his recovery never improved. And by February the 9th, doctors and family made the
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heartbreaking decision to switch off his life support. And at the age of 34, Dale
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passed away, surrounded by his loved ones. Now that Dale had lost his life as a result of his injuries, Marissa's
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charges escalated from assault to full-blown homicide. And with this case now effectively a murder investigation,
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the authorities made the decision to bring her back into custody. However, they wouldn't have to look very far for
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her because only one day after his death, Marissa herself turned up in hospital. But how and why? Well,
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according to her, she was out on her usual morning jog when all of a sudden she was attacked from behind. Now, to be
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fair to her, her injuries were well, not life-threatening, but quite bad in the end, suffering a broken jaw and ankle in
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the process. Given that her attacker must have known her usual jogging route, everyone started to believe that maybe
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Stanley was the asalent. And when they checked his clothes and items back at the family home, they realized that a
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lot of them were in fact covered in Marissa's blood. But why would he do such a thing? Well, if you're going to
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believe this story at all, then the obvious answer is revenge. But after talking to Stan, looking into his
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whereabouts, and then having a look at her injuries again, they realized that actually, although he had attacked
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Marissa, all of this was staged. Of course, officers were now worried for Marissa's safety. And so, they decided
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to have a little chat with Stan. So, here is the plot twist. But after talking to Stan, he did actually admit
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that yes, he had attacked Marissa. But the funny thing is, she had asked him to do it. The entire thing was staged. And
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you can probably guess why already. But of course, it was over some measly insurance scheme because Marissa was
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desperate for money. Considering her injuries, Marissa was
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given grace to recover in hospital. But of course, as soon as she felt better, she was then arrested on suspicion of
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murder. So, here we are yet again with Marissa in custody, this time for charges far more serious. And during a
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fresh round of interrogations, detectives laid out all of the mounting evidence against her. It was at that
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point that Marissa finally cracked. She now provided a completely different story to detectives and a third version
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of the events. In this new version of her story, she claimed that she had attacked Dale, but only in self-defense
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and because she had snapped under years of abuse. However, it is not the kind of
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reactive self-defense that you would expect because Marissa would also admit that she had silently crept into the
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bedroom and then attacked Dale while he was sleeping. Meanwhile, Stanley heard all of this commotion and then ran over
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to investigate. and that is when he caught her mid- attack and seized the hammer from her. Marissa also confessed
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that she doesn't remember how many times she hit Dale, but quite clearly it was a lot. Now that she had finally admitted
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that she murdered him, Marissa's only chance at freedom was through self-defense. In order to do this, she
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claimed that Dale had sent her to the hospital multiple times from beatings. But the thing is, that was quite easy to
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disprove. All the investigators had to do was search her medical records and hospital visits. And well, they found
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absolutely nothing to support this theory. She also tried to claim that one time Dale had pushed her so hard that
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her shoulder dislocated. Apparently, one of her friends had to push the shoulder back into place. But when police
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interviewed those witnesses, none of them corroborated her story. In fact, every witness said that they had never
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seen any indication that Dale actually abused Marissa. It was quite the opposite, actually, and they only spoke
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of how well Dale treated her and how aggressive she could be towards him. As the investigation continued, more of
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Marissa's deceptions came to light. For example, friends and family recalled Marissa making outrageous claims about a
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large inheritance from her stepfather, who, as it turned out, was still very much alive and never left her a penny.
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She had even explained that this inheritance was arranged by one of her stepfather's ex-lovers, whom she named
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as Alan Flores. But the truth is, he was actually just her sugar daddy. And
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speaking of Allen, by now he had confessed to the officers that yes, he had been sending Marissa hundreds of
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thousands of dollars. Not only that, but no inheritance existed. It gets even worse, too. Alan also claimed that she
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had tried to blackmail him into murdering Dale for her. And when he refused, she floated the idea of
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murdering him herself and trying to frame it as self-defense. Armed with this information, officers now saw Alan
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as a key witness against Marissa. And although he was hesitant to testify at first, all of that changed when they
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executed a search warrant on his own home. And that's because amongst the data on one of his hard drives, officers
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found illegal material of underage people, which of course they saw as a tool to try to get him to testify. Now,
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this is kind of like fighting evil with evil, but the authorities offered Alan a deal. They basically said that if he
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were to testify against Marissa, then he would receive partial immunity against his own charges. And weirdly enough, but
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while in court, they also promised that they would portray him as some sort of victim of Marissa's and not a villain.
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So basically, they portrayed this predator as an innocent person merely because there was another larger
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predator in the room. Yeah, I don't like that. Now, obviously, Alan opted to take that
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deal. And with Marissa's revised confession, Allen's info, witness testimonies, and all of those financial
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records, the pieces of the puzzle were finally coming together. With all of this information, detectives could now
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conclude that the main motive behind Dale's murder was quite obvious. Actually, it was money. By now, Marissa
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was way in over her head. And in an effort to pay off the $360,000
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that she owed Alan and all of her other lines of credit, she decided to murder her husband and then collect all of his
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life insurance. Unfortunately, it's a story that we've seen a thousand times before already. On February the 27th,
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2009, Marissa was formally charged with one count of firstdegree murder, and
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prosecutors announced that they would seek the death penalty. Surprisingly, it would take five long years for her to
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finally stand trial, and by 2014, her case had captured headlines all across
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Arizona. With Jodi Aras still fresh in the public's memory, media outlets drew immediate comparisons. Jod, of course,
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also claimed self-defense here and accused that her lover Alexander was abusive. And with both of them sporting
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long, dark hair and glasses, some people even believed that the two were related.
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Marissa's trial began in January of 2014 and would run for three long months into
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April. And let me say her trial was an absolute spectacle. Now, the prosecution's case was quite obvious.
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However, the defense had a wildly different story. They maintained that Marissa snapped after years of abuse,
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citing her mental health, her fear of Dale, and the cycle of control that she claimed she was trapped in. But over the
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weeks, the prosecution would present a mountain of evidence. This included both photographs and analysis of the crime
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scene, testimonies from friends and family, and of course, her financial and love affair with Alan. When Alan took
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the stand, Marissa's defense team quite naturally tried to skewer his credibility. He testified that he loaned
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Marissa the money when she pitched an insurance payback plan to him. And when he tried to cut ties with her and get
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his money back, Marissa panicked and then set her plan into motion. But Marissa's defense would stick to their
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narrative. In fact, they would even put Marissa's now 18-year-old daughter, Rianan, on the stand. Rian, who was not
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related to Dale, described the household as tumultuous and even claimed that Dale was frequently abusive towards her
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mother. The defense would also go after Allen's credibility, too, highlighting that he had been given an immunity deal
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on the pornography allegations in exchange for his testimony. However, clinical psychologist Dr. Janine Demart,
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who was actually the same psychologist for Jodi Arias, would testify that although Marissa did show signs of PTSD,
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which of course could be indicative of abuse from Dale, she also had antisocial personality disorder. Not only that, but
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the signs of PTSD could have come from her own childhood instead. Marissa's trial wrapped up in early April 2014,
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where the jury then got to work on deciding her fate. It took nearly a week of deliberation for them to finally
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reach a decision. But on April the 8th, Marissa was found guilty of firstdegree
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murder. On April the 22nd, she was then sentenced to life in prison without the
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possibility of parole, narrowly escaping the death penalty, which is allowed in Arizona. Marissa herself addressed the
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jury to apologize, saying, "I can't do anything more than say I am sorry, and my heart goes out to them." His mother
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and father have had to experience the worst loss in the world. But if those words were meant to earn sympathy, they
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fell on deaf ears. According to a psychologist who had monitored her, Marissa talked about Dale's murder on
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the phone and even laughed about it. Obviously, she held no remorse, not to Dale, and not to his family either,
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because after they had requested that his ashes be returned to them, Marissa simply refused out of spite. With all
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said and done, Marissa will now spend her time behind bars at the Arizona State Prison Complex, which just so
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happens to be the same place that Jod is in. And according to some reports, the two have allegedly become good friends,
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because of course they have. Dale was only 34 years old when he passed away.
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He was an engineer, a husband, a father of three young girls, and a man who, by
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every account, gave his all to the people he loved. What mattered most to him was quite simple. Working hard,
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caring for his family, and being present for his children. We will never quite know for certain if the allegations
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against Dale were true, but given the evidence available and the motive that Marissa pushed, it is highly unlikely.
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He seemed like a very sweet man who unfortunately had his kindness turned against him by the person he loved most.
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Now, as always, before I end this video, I'd love to know what you think about this one. Do you believe in Marissa's
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story, or do you think it was bologoney? And should she have received the death penalty? And yeah, I think that
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basically wraps up this story today, folks. Thank you so much for watching today. I really do appreciate it. Thank
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you again to Raycon for sponsoring today's video. Go to byracon.com/copyhouse crime to get 20% off sitewide. Anyway,
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for now, I'm going to leave it there today, folks. Thank you again for watching. And as always, I'll see you again next week for another new video.
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Until a moment arrives, though, remember to look after yourselves, look after each other, and of course, stay safe and
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stay curious. Thank you and goodbye. [Music]