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Following a tumultuous and one-sided
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breakup, Melinda Vasilia found it
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impossible to escape her ex-boyfriend,
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Aga, her son. The two would eventually
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meet for closure, with the evening
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turning into tragedy of the highest
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level. But after friends found Melinda's
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lifeless body, Arager was nowhere to be
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found. Shortly after this, posts made by
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the man on the run began to appear all
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over Reddit and Instagram, with some of
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his messages triggering outrage amongst
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thousands of readers. But despite his
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brazen behavior, officers were not able
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to stop him from crossing the border
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into the US. It would take months to
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finally track him down, ending in an
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intense trial that left a fatigued and
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devastated family further shattered. But
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what were the details that got us here?
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This video looks at the horrific
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behavior of Aga Hassan, his turbulent
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time on the run, and the devastation
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that was left behind from his foul
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actions.
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Welcome, or welcome back to Coffee House
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Crime, folks. My name is Adrian, and
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today I have an extremely dark case with
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a disturbing twist. We're looking at the
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case of Melinda Facilia and her
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ex-boyfriend, Aga Hassan. By the way, if
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for the deep dive. This is the case of
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Melinda Vasilia.
Kitchener
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Welcome to Kitchener, folks. Located
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near the southern tip of Canada's
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province of Ontario, Kitchener is a
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stones throw away from Ontario's capital
1:49
city, Toronto. With a population of just
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over a quarter of a million people, it
1:54
was known as Berlin for many years
1:56
before officially changing its name in
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1916. But despite the change in its
2:00
identity, it did not hold the city's
2:02
close connection to its German heritage.
2:05
And to this day, it still continues to
2:07
play host to the largest Oktoberfest
2:09
celebration in the world outside of
2:11
Germany. Museums and art shows are a
2:13
plenty here, so it is well situated for
2:15
the culturally inclined. But if that's
2:18
not your thing, many parks await to be
2:20
visited alongside hundreds of slopes to
2:22
shred if skiing and snowboarding is more
2:24
your kind of scene. Maybe it's the
2:26
festive spirit in me, but it feels like
2:28
fun awaits you around every corner here.
2:31
And no matter what your taste, you will
2:33
find something to entertain you. But
2:35
sadly, these lands also hold some dark
2:38
memories. In April of 2016, in a field
2:41
just 60 mi southwest of Kitchener, a
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farmer came across the gruesome
2:45
discovery of eight bodies. It turns out
2:47
that these eight men belonged to one of
2:49
the local gangs which had been at war
2:51
with another gang in the area. Now, I
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won't go into the details of this case,
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but this tragedy left eight families
2:58
mourning in what could have been an
3:00
entirely avoidable incident. And in
3:02
short, all of it boiled down to what the
3:04
judge described as meth logic, just out
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of curiosity. But if you are interested
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in hearing more about this story, then
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please let me know below.
Melinda Vasilije & Ager Hasan
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Anyway, beginning our story today, it's
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in the city of Kitchener that we find
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Melinda Vicilia. Melinda June Vicasilia
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was born on June the 28th, 1994 to her
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mother Anna Todorovik and her father who
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wishes to remain unnamed in the media
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and to complete the family of four. She
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also grew up alongside her sister
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Christina. Although not much is known
3:34
about her childhood, Melinda was known
3:36
to be a bright young woman who is
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loving, honest, forgiving, and kind. She
3:40
was also known to have the loudest laugh
3:42
in the room and apparently one that was
3:44
highly contagious. She was a humble
3:46
woman with nurturing plans. She wanted
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to become a hairdresser one day and
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eventually marry and have kids whenever
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she met the right man. Many of us come
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to such aspirations eventually. Me
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personally, I would eventually like
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kids, but for now, I'm happy just being
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a full-time catad. For Melinda though,
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she knew she wanted kids from a very
4:04
young age. And perhaps she was hoping
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for such a thing when she met a man
4:08
named Agger Hassan. Now Aar was a
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resident of Hamilton, Ontario, and was
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of Iraqi descent. His parents had moved
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to Canada from Iraq to escape the
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Kurdish genocide, starting a new life in
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North America. Melinda and Ara
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immediately clicked when they met. A
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friendship was very quick to blossom
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between them, and it wasn't long before
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they became romantically involved, too.
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As most relationships tend to go, it all
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began idyllically. But over the space of
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just a few months, and at this early
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stage, cracks suddenly began to form. To
4:40
begin with, it was things like arguing,
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bickering, and disagreeing, the usual
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suspects. But over time, those issues
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became more concerning. As the
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relationship approached his first year
4:50
anniversary, their difficulties would
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come to a head to the point where
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Melinda made the decision to end things
4:55
with Argo. The arguments were beginning
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to get out of control, and deep down,
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Melinda knew that there was no viable
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future to be had with him. Too much
5:04
hostility had grown, and it was sadly
5:06
time to move on. But unfortunately, Ara
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did not take this decision well.
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Soon after this, Ara broke into
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Melinda's home through a patio door.
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Unfortunately for Ara, though, both her
5:19
roommate's brother and boyfriend were in
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at the time, and let me tell you, they
5:23
were not pleased. Amidst the tense
5:25
confrontation, police were called to the
5:27
property where they then arrested Ara.
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He was eventually charged with two
5:31
counts of assault and one count of
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breaking and entering. He was later
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released on the condition that he would
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not approach or contact Melinda. But in
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typical Ara fashion, this was another
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thing he refused to accept. He continued
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to barrage with messages on a very
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regular basis. But despite Melinda
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leaving most of these messages
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unanswered, he doubled down and became
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more emotionally riled. Despite the
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tense situation, it was clear that there
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was still a lot to address and close off
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between the two of them. And so on that
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note, Melinda agreed to meet up with him
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in order to figure out how to move
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forward. But you see, even this detail
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had issues. Although she felt like this
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was something that needed to happen in
6:11
order to move on, it was clear that she
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was still concerned for her safety to
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the extent that she asked her roommate
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Anna, another friend, and her sister to
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be in the same house when he came over,
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just in case things weren't pear-shaped.
April 27th, 2017
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The night in question here was April the
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27th, 2017. It was during this evening
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that the group waited for him to arrive,
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but strangely, he never actually showed
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up. With the evening dragging on,
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Melinda allowed her friends and sister
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to carry on with their original plans,
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that being to head out to a local club.
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By the time the group had arrived back
6:44
home at the apartment, it was just after
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midnight, meaning that the date had just
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progressed to April the 28th. But upon
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entering the apartment, the first thing
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that they noticed were shoes that they
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knew belonged to Aga, sitting just
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outside of Melinda's bedroom. And in
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addition to this, they could also hear
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the sound of two people talking inside.
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Melinda's friends shouted out to her to
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ask her if she was okay, in which
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Melinda replied yes. And after feeling
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satisfied that there were no indications
7:11
that anything was wrong, they texted her
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to ask if she wanted some food since
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they themselves were planning to head
7:17
out soon. Melinda replied that she was
7:19
fine and didn't feel hungry, and so
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relatively comfortable that she and Argo
7:23
were okay to be alone, the group left
7:25
the apartment to grab a bite. By the
7:28
time they returned home, the time had
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just passed 2:30 in the morning. And
7:32
when they eventually walked back into
7:33
the house, they were met with a sight
7:35
that would haunt them for the rest of
7:37
their lives.
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Melinda was lying on the ground,
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surrounded by a pool of her own blood.
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Two bloody knives lay by her side. She
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had been stabbed multiple times, and
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tragically, it was clear that she was
7:53
already dead. In a state of panic, the
7:55
group frantically knocked on the door of
7:57
a nearby neighbor. And after checking
7:58
for vital signs on the phone with
8:00
emergency services, they couldn't find a
8:03
pulse. The arrival of emergency services
8:05
would only confirm what they could
8:07
already see. Tragically, Melinda was
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dead. And as it turns out, she'd been
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stabbed a horrifying 47 times. It was
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obvious to everyone who was responsible
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for this. Ara was already known to the
8:20
police, had previously broken in, was
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the last person to have seen Melinda,
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and had already proven himself to be
8:25
violent. And the spotlight shone even
8:28
brighter on him when they realized that
8:29
Arga was nowhere to be found. He had
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simply vanished into the night, leaving
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a devastating crime scene behind. As
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outrage and pain ripped through the
8:38
community, the police made it their
8:40
number one priority to try and track him
8:42
down. But despite their best efforts,
8:44
Arga was nowhere to be found. And it
8:47
soon became apparent that if Arga was
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responsible for Melinda's murder, he
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didn't plan to hang around in Canada to
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explain.
Finding Ager (Online posts)
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Although a surveillance camera had
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captured him and the car he was using on
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the night Melinda was killed, he was
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captured a second time when swapping out
9:03
the license plates in a parking lot
9:04
after crossing the border. And with this
9:07
information, it wouldn't take the
9:08
authorities long after this to pinpoint
9:10
the exact time and place where he left
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Canada. At around 6:00 a.m. of the same
9:15
morning of Melinda's murder, his vehicle
9:17
was recorded crossing the peace bridge
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located east of Lake Erie, which
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connects Ontario to Buffalo. And shortly
9:23
after crossing the border, that is when
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the internet became involved because
9:28
shortly after this, strange posts began
9:30
to appear all over Reddit. In these
9:32
posts, Ara gave his own grievous version
9:35
of events. And although they were
9:37
promptly removed and the account was
9:38
deleted, it was all too late because
9:41
many people had already archived these
9:43
posts. And just as fast as those
9:46
messages disappeared, Aahan himself
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would as well.
9:50
several days later and to begin
9:52
negotiations, he contacted the police on
9:55
WhatsApp. Argo said that he would turn
9:57
himself in if he had some sort of deal
10:00
in place first, but without any sort of
10:02
deal coming into fruition, he once again
10:04
vanished after these messages. Now, this
10:07
was no small accomplishment here. Ara
10:10
had successfully evaded the law, and
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unfortunately, this wouldn't be the last
10:15
time either. He had vanished into the
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lands of the United States, and all
10:19
detectives could do was hope that he
10:21
would eventually message them back. The
10:23
next sign of life from Margo would be
10:25
two weeks later on May the 20th when he
10:27
claimed that he'd been photoshopped
10:29
after being wrongfully spotted in
10:30
Tennessee. And then one month later on
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June the 19th, three more posts would
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suddenly appear. Slightly different from
10:37
the rest, these two were merely images
10:39
with captions which explained his
10:41
feelings. Despite this, no matter how
10:43
hard detectives and data forensics
10:45
tried, they simply could not pinpoint
10:47
his position. And despite multiple
10:49
points of contact with the officers, he
10:52
would continue to evade the law. Sadly,
10:54
with everyday on the run, further
10:56
distressing Melinda's family and loved
10:58
ones. But finally, on July the 10th,
11:00
2017, progress was suddenly made when
11:03
Ara posted on Instagram. In this post,
11:05
he said, "I'm coming home. It's time to
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end the dark path I've been traveling
11:10
and give people the closure they
11:11
deserve. Saying that he wouldn't post
11:14
this without some half-ass vanity photo.
11:16
I'm unsure if black and white was for
11:18
deep, thoughtful dramatic effect or to
11:20
simply enunciate his jawline. But either
11:23
way, it just screams how tonedeaf he was
11:25
in the moment. But despite this post,
11:27
Aar didn't actually turn himself in.
11:30
Instead, he was finally arrested as part
11:32
of a counterfeit investigation. His
11:34
phone was identified and tracked after
11:36
buying counterfeit currency via the dark
11:38
web with officers arresting him just one
11:40
day after this Instagram post. And this
11:42
isn't the end of his terrible time on
11:44
the internet either. Oh no. In fact, it
11:47
would get much, much worse.
11:51
It was later learned that while still on
11:53
the run, Arga had opened a Facebook
11:55
account under a fake name. And under
11:57
this fake Facebook account, he would
12:00
actually go on to message Melinda's
12:01
mother. and in addition to this would go
12:03
on to join at least one group that was
12:05
dedicated to Melinda's memory. In a
12:08
direct message to Melinda's mother, he
12:10
wrote, "Just an outsider looking in."
12:12
"Sorry about what happened to your
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daughter." However, it seems like this
12:15
could have been avoided had you not let
12:17
her stay in the apartment after he broke
12:19
in the first time. "Parti your fault,
12:21
yes, but I hope you can forgive
12:23
yourself. We all make mistakes." This
12:25
one, however, cost your daughter's life.
12:27
Oh well, you have other daughters,
12:29
right? He would then go on to post on
12:31
the memorial page saying, "This is what
12:33
happens when a dates a douche
12:36
murder."
12:39
Although there was never any concrete
12:41
proof that Arga had sent these messages,
12:43
it is extremely likely because after
12:46
tracking down the IP address, it was
12:48
proven to have been sent from the same
12:49
house he was hiding in. And as you will
12:51
soon come to realize, there is much more
12:53
evidence for the court to use later on.
12:55
The timeline on the night of Linda's
12:57
death has never been fully agreed upon.
13:00
However, using the information and
13:01
evidence available, we can generate a
13:04
pretty thorough understanding. Despite
Timeline of the murder
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legal procedures already in place to
13:08
restrict Agger from meeting Melinda, the
13:10
two had chosen to meet up and speak
13:12
again in person. Although Arag missed
13:14
the initially agreed time frame, he
13:16
would eventually meet Melinda after her
13:18
friends left for the evening. And after
13:20
arriving back at the property, her
13:22
friends were satisfied with the
13:23
conversation being calm enough that they
13:25
did not intervene and furthermore left
13:27
to get food. Sometime between the group
13:29
leaving and then returning, it is clear
13:31
that the situation between Melinda and
13:33
Arga began to rapidly deteriorate. Arga
13:36
claims that he did actually plan to be
13:39
at the property while Melinda's friends
13:40
were there, but would accidentally
13:42
arrive late. Following their
13:44
conversation, surveillance footage
13:46
captures Melinda walking Argar out of
13:48
the apartment and to his car. In this
13:50
footage, both of them seem to be calm
13:52
and comfortable with each other. Melinda
13:54
then goes back inside where Arga pauses
13:57
for a moment before then following her
13:59
back into the apartment. According to
14:01
Arga, their conversation had gone very
14:03
well up until this point in time, but he
14:05
hadn't yet fully shared his story with
14:08
her. On that basis, he decided to go
14:10
back inside and confessed that he had
14:12
cheated with another woman in recent
14:13
months. Shortly after 2:00 a.m., a
14:15
surveillance camera captures him running
14:17
to his vehicle before speeding off into
14:19
the night. And just 40 minutes later,
14:22
the other members of the group returned
14:24
home. According to his Reddit post,
14:26
Melinda allegedly lost her temper after
14:28
learning of his infidelity. He claimed
14:30
that she began to slap and hit him, and
14:32
eventually he pushed her back in
14:34
self-defense. depending on whether you
14:36
believe him or not. But Ara claims that
14:38
she grabbed a knife from the kitchen and
14:40
began to stab him with it, inflicting
14:42
several wounds on his hands and wrists.
14:44
He then claims that he apparently quote
14:47
blacked out, and when he came back
14:49
around, she was on the floor. He
14:51
allegedly thought that she had just
14:53
merely passed out and then he fled the
14:55
scene. He then texted a phone saying how
14:57
glad he was that they had made up and
14:59
everything was good between them before
15:01
then of course for no reason at all
15:03
speeding off towards the US Canadian
15:05
border.
15:07
I am remaining mostly impartial as
15:09
always but honestly folks I am
15:12
struggling with this guy. As a side
15:14
note, Arga's Reddit profile was named
15:16
Red is blue 101 which leans into the
15:18
whole red pill blue pilly. I do think he
15:21
was just trying to sound smart and edgy
15:23
but it could also be nihilism. Anyway,
15:25
with Arag being on the run for so long
15:27
and in the end not even giving himself
15:30
up, he had a lot of work to do to
15:32
convince the jury he was innocent. But
15:34
before we get into the legal
15:35
proceedings, let's reiterate a few cold
15:37
hard facts. While on the run, he had
15:40
been in contact with the police multiple
15:41
times to try and negotiate some sort of
15:43
plea deal. In fact, the very day that
15:46
Melinda was murdered and he crossed the
15:47
border into the US, he spoke with a
15:49
detective via WhatsApp. The text message
15:51
read, "Detective, I did not attack her
15:54
first. She came at me with a knife after
15:56
I revealed to her what I did in the
15:58
past. Things were good. I was in her
16:00
room for an hour just cuddling and
16:01
kissing. Even asked her roommate. When I
16:03
came back to get my keychain, I told her
16:05
the truth. She then went for the knife.
16:07
The version of events that Arag
16:09
described seemed to be at odds with
Legal Proceedings
16:11
almost all of the evidence that was
16:13
brought up during the trial, and
16:14
Melinda's autopsy revealed that she had
16:17
been stabbed a total of 47 times. The
16:20
cause of her death was determined to be
16:21
sharp forced trauma to the neck and
16:23
chest with more than half of those 47
16:25
wounds made to her neck. No surprise,
16:28
Argo continued to paint the picture of
16:30
self-defense during his trial, claiming
16:32
he had only retaliated while trying to
16:34
protect himself from a supposed crazed
16:36
exed partner. He claimed that she had
16:38
grabbed the knife out of nowhere,
16:40
injuring his hand and wrist in the
16:42
process. However, the sheer number of
16:44
stab wounds that were inflicted on
16:45
Melinda made it very difficult to
16:47
believe. I mean, it is one thing to
16:49
defend yourself, but 47 times, the
16:53
forensic pathologist who carried out the
16:55
autopsy believed that just two of the
16:57
six stab wounds would have been fatal.
16:58
And this means that the other 45 were
17:00
all simply overkill. She also stated
17:03
that the wounds on hands and arms were
17:05
typical of self-defense, or at least
17:07
were wounds that were typical of someone
17:09
being attacked and trying to protect
17:11
themselves. Argar insisted that he had
17:13
feared for his life and merely blacked
17:15
out and was therefore unable to remember
17:17
his actions. During his trial, he said,
17:20
"I remember stabbing her twice. I was
17:22
overwhelmed. I just blacked out after
17:25
that. When I regained focus, there was
17:27
blood everywhere. I didn't expect to
17:29
lose control like I did." When Aragger
17:31
was given the chance to address the
17:32
court, he said, "I genuinely, from the
17:35
bottom of my heart, apologize. There are
17:37
zero excuses for taking one's life. I
17:40
cannot and will not forgive myself.
17:42
During his trial, text messages between
17:44
the pair were read out and shown to the
17:46
courtroom. One from Argus saying, I
17:48
never did and never will physically hurt
17:50
you in any way. Another read, I don't
17:52
want to get over what we had. If anyone
17:54
tells you our relationship was toxic,
17:56
they are wrong. Yes, we fought a lot,
17:59
but it's only because of our cultural
18:00
differences, but I was slowly starting
18:02
to change for the better. We can work
18:04
out any situation as long as there was
18:07
no cheating or hitting involved. And
18:09
yeah, I hate to break it to you, Arga,
18:11
but you kind of failed on both of those
18:13
factors. The final text message sent by
18:15
Arga was sent at 3:39 a.m., which was
18:18
roughly 1 hour after paramedics arrived.
18:21
And this text message simply said, "Nice
18:23
seeing you tonight. Glad we worked
18:25
things out. Anyways, see you soon."
18:34
The prosecution would ultimately suggest
18:36
that this was just a poor effort to
18:37
cover his tracks while he made his way
18:39
to the border to flee the country. They
18:41
would also highlight that this cute text
18:43
message was sent only after he'd stabbed
18:45
her almost 50 times and then left her
18:47
for dead. No surprise, Arga was
18:49
eventually found guilty of murder in the
18:51
second degree, defined as intentional
18:53
killing without premeditation in the
18:55
Canadian criminal code. And so as a
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result, he was sentenced to life in
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prison with the possibility of parole
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after 16 years. With this being
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seconddegree murder, Arager could have
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technically received as little as 10
19:07
years behind bars if his parole was set
19:09
accordingly. But thankfully, the judge
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set this at 16 years instead. Although
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Melinda's family were happy to receive
19:16
justice, they were rather disappointed
19:18
with what felt like a relatively short
19:20
sentence. After all, with the time he
19:22
had already spent in custody taken into
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account, he could theoretically be out
19:26
of prison as early as the year 2033,
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putting Arg at the still young age of
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only 41. Many of the delays seen before
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his trial were due to the court system
19:37
shutting down due to CO 19. But this was
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also further exacerbated by Arga
19:42
changing his own legal representation.
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To add to this, the evidence created and
19:46
messages sent while he was on the run
19:48
were kept out of the case by the
19:50
prosecution, which also seems odd. It
19:53
was made clear in the court that
19:54
although there was no doubt that he was
19:56
the one who had taken her life, the
19:58
exact circumstances behind it have never
20:01
been fully agreed.
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Following her sentencing in September of
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2023, Melinda's aunt spoke outside of
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the courthouse on behalf of the family.
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In her statement, she said, "The past 6
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and 1/2 years, it's been hard,
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emotional, aggravating, upsetting. It is
20:18
never over for the victim's families,
20:21
especially for us. Melinda is gone
20:23
forever. She's never coming back, and I
20:25
don't agree that he should even be
20:27
allowed allegibility for any type of
20:29
parole." On these words alone, you can
20:31
see how strongly they felt about his
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sentence. One of the most unique aspects
Unique aspects
20:35
of this case is Arg's decision to put
20:37
his own version of events on a public
20:39
forum. It is crazy to me that he felt
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confident and sure enough in himself to
20:44
do that. Messaging Melinda's mother
20:46
under a fake name to tell her that it
20:48
was her fault that her daughter had died
20:50
while simultaneously calling her a
20:52
is one of the most evil and sick things
20:54
I've ever heard. I just can't get my
20:56
head around that. That is just
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depraved. And feeling cocky enough to
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call out the police on Instagram while
21:01
also on the run is just bitterly funny,
21:03
too. Even after murdering somebody, he
21:06
is out there victimizing himself like a
21:07
true narcissist. And this black and
21:09
white photo and quote to show that he
21:11
was somehow a good little boy for
21:13
handing himself in really was the cherry
21:15
on top.
21:18
The protracted legal proceedings once he
21:20
had been apprehended as well as the
21:22
information that was kept out of the
21:24
court case is also fairly unique. The
21:26
prosecution was looking for a conviction
21:28
based on the crime that had been
21:30
committed that night. And at that
21:32
moment, they didn't want to muddy the
21:34
waters with extra information that was
21:36
essentially irrelevant. Although there
21:39
was some backlash over his sentence, it
21:41
is worth noting that if they did charge
21:43
him with murder in the first degree,
21:45
then the prosecution would have had to
21:46
prove that he had traveled to Melinda's
21:48
house with the premeditated intention of
21:50
killing her, which, as you can imagine,
21:52
would have been quite difficult to
21:54
prove. And sadly, no matter the charge
21:57
or the sentence given, Melinda's death
21:59
is something that cannot be undone.
22:02
She was a young woman with an entire
22:04
life ahead of her. Murdered at the hands
22:06
of a man who claimed to have loved her.
22:09
Her death has left a massive hole in the
22:11
lives of everyone who knew her. And in
22:13
court, her mother spoke about the life
22:15
goals that she would now never
22:17
experience. She would never have the
22:19
opportunity to have children as she'd
22:21
dreamed about and would never be able to
22:23
experience the joy of growing old. Her
22:26
mother spoke of how the light had gone
22:27
out in her own life, how she was unable
22:30
to hold down full-time work or even
22:32
visit busy areas. Melinda's sister, her
22:34
aunts, and her friends all described her
22:36
as beautiful with a vibrant personality,
22:39
that she was caring and loving, and
22:41
would do anything for anyone. Her
22:43
obituary pages, and the various groups
22:45
and fundraisers on social media are full
22:48
of platitudes where anyone who crossed
22:50
paths with her had nothing but great
22:52
things to say. Her life was cut short by
22:54
a man alleging to love her. A man who
22:56
had already proven himself to be
22:58
unstable and impulsive by breaking into
23:00
her house. A man who was under legal
23:02
instruction not to even approach her.
23:05
The time he spent on the run and even
23:07
his defense that he tried to deploy was
23:09
nothing more than an attempt to smear
23:11
the memory of his victim. Thankfully, it
23:14
was an effort that was in vain.
23:18
Every once in a while, I come across a
23:20
killer that just really gets under my
23:22
skin, and Ara definitely is one of them.
23:25
Hope he spends many years behind bars.
23:27
Anyway, folks, I think that pretty much
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