Nov. 12, 2025
"BEHEADED BOYFRIEND'S SON TESTIFIES AGAINST WIFE, BAD BOYFRIEND AWAITS SENTENCING"
Reid Carter covers explosive testimony in Las Vegas where Deviere Willette, 29, testifies against his wife Devyn Michaels—accused of beheading his father Johnathan while Deviere slept upstairs. Defense blames Deviere for the murder. Prosecutors say Michaels wanted future with stepson, killed father to clear path. Victim's bloody phone found in driveway, daughter handed it to mom saying "here's daddy's phone." Head never recovered. Wisconsin's Matthew Pahl sentenced yesterday to mandatory life in prison for strangling girlfriend Stephanie Pavlons with her own purse strap, dumping body in woods. Searched her obituary three days after killing her.
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Callarogus Shark Media. Good morning. I'm read Carter. Wednesday, November twelfth,
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twenty twenty five. Las Vegas. Devon Michaels on trial for
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beheading her ex boyfriend Jonathan Willette. Prosecutors say she wanted
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a future with Willette's son, her husband Devier, so she
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killed the father. The son testified against her yesterday. Defense
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says he's lying, says he killed his own father. Wisconsin.
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Matthew Paul sentenced yesterday to mandatory life for strangling girlfriend
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Stephanie Pavlon's with her own purse. Strap, dumped her in
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the woods, searched her obituary three days after killing her.
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I'm red Carter today. Love triangles dead boyfriends, family members
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testifying to save themselves. This is celebrity trials. Let's start
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in Las Vegas, State of Nevada versus Devon Jade Michaels.
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Jonathan Willette, forty six, found dead August seventh, twenty twenty three,
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in his Henderson home, headless, chemical burns across his torso
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bedroom reeking of Ammonia. The defendant, Devon Michaels, forty seven,
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former adult film actress, mother of Willette's two daughters, his
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ex girlfriend now married to his adult son. Make it
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make sense, Here's the family tree. Jonathan and Devon had
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two daughters together. After they split, Michael started a relationship
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with Jonathan's son from another relationship, Devier Willette. Deviere was nineteen.
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They married in November twenty twenty one. August twenty twenty three,
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Jonathan decided to move in with Michaels and their daughters
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co parent keep the family together. Devier was living there too,
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one house, the ex, their kids, and the son turned husband.
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August seventh, early morning, Jonathan's mother woke around eight am,
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couldn't find him, walked to his bedroom, body across the bed,
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no head, chemical smell, burning her lungs, Bottles of ammonia
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and bleach in the hallway. Henderson Police responded. Detective Forest
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Shields arrived, body positioned across bed. Decapitation evident, minimal blood spatter,
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death occurred before dismemberment. Chemical burns across the front of
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the body, diamond weave pattern on the burns matching the mattress.
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Superficial insized wounds parallel to the main neck wound. Someone
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tried multiple times before succeeding medical examiner, doctor Stephanie Yagi,
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received the headless body August eighth. Body measured sixty eight
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inches weighed one hundred sixty nine pounds, would have been
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approximately ten pounds heavier with the head. Decapitation occurred post
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mortem after death. Cause of death homicidal violence, No anatomic
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or toxicological cause determined. Couldn't identify what killed him because
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the head was gone. Leasse Canvass the neighborhood gathered surveillance
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footage showing the victim's white Chevy truck and Michael's Nissan
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Armada near the scene before and after the killing. Timeline established.
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Jonathan was alive the night of August sixth, dead by
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morning of August seventh. Police went to Devon Michaels's Las
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Vegas home to confront her. Detective Carrie Skinner testified Monday
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that as they arrived, she noticed a cell phone in
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the driveway appeared to have blood on it. She didn't
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retrieve it immediately didn't want to contaminate evidence. Went inside
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to interview Michael's Moments into the interview, one of Michaels's
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young daughters ran up holding the phone, said to her mother, Mommy,
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here's daddy's cell phone. This is why he didn't answer.
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Michaels had a physical reaction when the child picked up
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the phone, then offered it to police, saying this should
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help you. Blood and phone both confirmed to belong to
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Jonathan Willette. Analysis of the phone's data revealed that Michael
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placed several calls to Wilette after his death, trying to
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make it look like he was alive, like she was
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trying to reach him. Michaels gave multiple police interviews, initially
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denied everything, later admitted hitting Jonathan over the head with
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a stick while he was lying on his stomach receiving
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a massage. Said he went limp, said she left and
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he was breathing. Saw no blood, Denied decapitation, Denied using
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ammonia to clean, denied hiding his head, but prosecutors say
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she did acknowledge disposing of the weapon and Willette's head.
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Drove them to her Las Vegas home, threw the head
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in the trash. Garbage service picked it up days later.
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Now it's in a landfill somewhere, never recovered. September twenty
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twenty four, Michaels pleaded guilty to second degree murder plea
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deal fifteen years with parole eligibility, but at sentencing in
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July twenty twenty five, she changed her mind, apologized to
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Willette's family, then immediately said she was innocent, started crying,
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having an outburst. Chief Deputy District Attorney John Giordani suggested
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the case go to trial. Judge Tierra Jones agreed Michael's
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plea withdrawn, now facing first degree murder, life in prison.
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November fifth, trial began. Prosecutor John Giordani told jurors this
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was about motive. Michaels wanted a future with Devier and
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their daughters. The only obstacle was Jonathan moving back in
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would disrupt everything, so she killed him. This is the
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future that she saw and that she wanted, and the
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only way to have that future was with John out
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of the picture. Defense attorney Robert Draskovich told jurors buckle up.
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Oftentimes in the intricacies and complications of human relations, things
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get unsafe, things are immoral. His theory wrong person on trial.
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Davier Wilette killed his father, had motives about to lose
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his home, lose Devon, lose everything, had opportunity. Was there
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that night had technical skills as a home security installer
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to avoid leaving digital traces. Defense claims Devier owned the
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tools needed to remove the head power saw that could
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cut through bone, look at the motivations and find her
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not guilty. Last Thursday, November sixth, Devier Willette took the stand,
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twenty nine years old, victim's son, defendant's husband, star witness
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for both sides. Prosecution asked him directly, did you kill
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your father? No, Sir Davier testified he was nineteen when
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he started an intimate relationship with Michael's while she was
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still dating his father. After Michaels and Jonathan split, Davier
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moved in with her, married her November twenty twenty one.
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August sixth, twenty twenty three, night of the murder, Devier
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said he was home, texted Michaels around ten thirty PM,
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told her he'd put her daughters to sleep and was
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going to bed. Never left the house again. Prosecutors played
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jailhouse phone calls between Michaels and Devierre while she was
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in custody, Michael's telling him they have no evidence, no
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murder weapon, They have absolutely nothing on me. But then
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defense attorney Draskovitch, cross examined confronted Devieres with contradictions. Originally
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told police his marriage to Michael's was one of convenience
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for insurance purposes, didn't sleep together, didn't share a bedroom.
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Now he's testifying they had a traditional marriage. Draskovitch showed
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wedding photos Michael's in white dress and Veil Devier in
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a suit, both wearing rings. Asked if they had a
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traditional marriage, Devier said, yes. You're getting more truthful concerning
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the nature of your relationship with Devon, the further it
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gets away from you having been charged with the murder,
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Draskovich said. Deviere also claimed he didn't know his father
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was moving in, learned about it from police, but Draskovitch
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noted Devieer told police he saw his father in the
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garage moving things in and avoided talking to him, which
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is it didn't know about the move or saw him
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moving in. You agree with me that you lie under
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oath if it fits you, Draskovitch asked, after reading a
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news article pointing to Michaels as the suspect, deVie broke
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up with his wife in a jail call, moved back
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to California, they're still married. Devier testified he hopes to
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get a divorce after the trial ends. Here's the prosecution's case.
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Michaels killed Jonathan because he was in the way she
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wanted Devier wanted their life together with the daughters. Jonathan
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moving back in ruined that plan, so she bludgeoned him,
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decapitated him, disposed of his head, poured chemicals on his
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body to destroy evidence, made calls from his phone to
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establish he was alive. Here's the defense's case. Devier killed
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his father out of jealousy and about to lose everything,
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had the tools, had the opportunity, blamed Michaels to save himself.
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Initially lied to police about his marriage because he was
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hiding his involvement. Both have motive. Michaels wanted Jonathan out
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of the way so she could have her future with Devier.
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Devier wanted his father out of the way so he
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wouldn't lose Devon in his home. But here's what points
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to Michael's her admissions. The phone found in her driveway
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covered in Jonathan's blood, her daughter bringing the phone to
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her during the police interview, The calls she made from
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Jonathan's phone after his death, the fact that she pleaded
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guilty in twenty twenty four then recanted it sentencing. If
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you're innocent, why plead guilty? Why agree to fifteen years
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in prison? Then at the last minute claim innocence. That's
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consciousness of guilt. That's someone who thought they'd get away
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with a lighter sentence than panicked when reality set in.
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The trial continues, expected to last several more weeks, forensic evidence,
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sell phone data, more witnesses than closing arguments, Then the
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jury deliberates. Jonathan Willette was forty six years old, father
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of Davier from a previous relationship, father of two daughters
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with Devon Michaels, trying to co parent, trying to be
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present in his daughter's lives, sleeping in his childhood bedroom
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at his mother's house when someone bludgeoned him and cut
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off his head. He should be forty eight today, should
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be watching his daughters grow up, should be alive. Instead,
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his head is in a landfill somewhere in Las Vegas.
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His son testified against his ex girlfriend. His family sits
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in court every day watching this circus unfold. Make it
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make sense. We'll be right back with yesterday's sentencing. In Wisconsin,
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Matthew Paul gets mandatory life in prison for killing his
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girlfriend and dumping her body in the woods. Searched for
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her obituary three days after he murdered her. Welcome back
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to celebrity trials, I'm reed Carter. Yesterday. In Waukeshaw County, Wisconsin,
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Matthew Paul was sentenced to mandatory life in prison for
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murdering his girlfriend, Stephanie Pavlon's August twenty third, twenty twenty two, Waukeshaw, Wisconsin.
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Matthew Paul, fifty five years old at the time, lived
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in an apartment with his girlfriend, Stephanie Pavlon's, forty four.
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They'd been in an on again, off again relationship for
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twenty years, had an adult daughter together. Pavelon's had no car,
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no friends outside the relationship, very private person. Her mother
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suspected domestic abuse, said Paul knocked her around that morning.
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Surveillance cameras at their apartment building captured Stephanie leaving at
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eight thirty nine am, wearing her usual outfit, carrying a
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large pink water bottle and black purse. Paul left one
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minute later at eleven fourteen am. Paul returned carrying Stephanie's
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large pink water bottle, also carrying a blue folder, black
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cell phone clipped to his shorts, unknown items in his pockets.
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At twelve twenty pm, Paul left again, wearing a different shirt,
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empty handed. At twelve twenty nine pm, Paul returned carrying
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a plastic shopping bag. Inside the bag Stephanie's black purse.
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The same metal links and chains from her purse visible
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through the plastic. Stephanie was never seen on camera again.
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Paul didn't report her missing, not that day, not the
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next day, not the next week, told nobody she was gone,
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just went about his life. September ninth, twenty twenty two,
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seventeen days after Stephanie disappeared, construction workers were posting no
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trespassing signs in a wooded area golf road in Delafield, Wisconsin,
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near the Orthopedic Associates of Wisconsin Clinic. Smelled something foul.
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Followed the smell found a body. Stephanie Pavlon's body an
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accelerated state of decomposition, been there for weeks. No id,
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no cell phone, no purse, no belongings, just a corpse
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decomposing in the woods. Autopsy couldn't determine cause of death
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too much decomposition, but they determined she'd been dead since
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August twenty third, the day she disappeared. September seventeenth, twenty
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twenty two, police arrested Matthew Paul interviewed him. He said
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he hadn't seen Stephanie in weeks, said he was feeling
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sick to his stomach and had a bad feeling. Claimed
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Stephanie was threatening suicide all of the time and that
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really got to him. At one point during the interview,
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Paul said, I have nothing to do with what happened
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to her. So that purse, that purse and water bottle
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ain't shit. Okay, it's not going to prove anything. It's
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not going to prove or disprove anything. Interesting. Why mention
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the person water bottle specifically, Why say they won't prove anything,
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because he knew they were the key evidence linking him
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to her disappearance. Police searched Paul's apartment, found Stephanie's daily planner,
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entries describing physical and emotional abuse, pictures documenting injuries, black eye,
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blown ear, drum, entries saying she was scared to death
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of him, feared she'd end up six feet under. She
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was right. Police analyzed Paul's computer. He began searching for
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Stephanie's obituary on August twenty sixth, three days after he
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killed her, fifteen days before her body was found. Searched
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local obituaries, read online articles about the investigation, monitoring news
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coverage to see if police were on to him. Also
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found Skype records. Paul had online sexual relationships with two
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women in the Filmlippines accounts named Meijin and Beautiful. Disaster.
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Messages were explicitly sexual. Paul talked about moving to the
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Philippines building a new life there, never mentioned he had
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a girlfriend, never mentioned she'd just gone missing. Nothing says
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concern like sexting strangers. Cell phone records were devastating. Both
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Paul's and Stephanie's phones pinged at the orthopedic clinic on
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Golf Road where her body was eventually found. Both phones
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pinged there around the same time August twenty third. Then
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Paul's phone returned to the apartment. Stephanie's didn't. After her death,
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her voicemails were being checked multiple times. Someone was accessing
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her accounts, making it look like she was alive. Creating
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the appearance she'd run away. Paul also deleted nearly one
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thousand text messages from his phone, trying to cover his tracks.
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September twenty twenty three, Paul was formally charged, arged first
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degree intentional homicide hiding a corpse, faced life in prison
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if convicted. Defense tried to get the case thrown out, argued,
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nobody knows how Stephanie died. No cause of death means
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no proof of homicide. Maybe she had a seizure, she
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had epilepsy. Maybe she died of natural causes and Paul
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just panicked and hid the body. Judge said no, enough
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circumstantial evidence to proceed to trial. October twenty seventh, twenty
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twenty five, trial began. Waukeshaw County Circuit Court prosecutor Christy
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Gordon and Sue Opper for the state. Defense attorney Peter
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Wolf for Paul. Gordon admitted during opening statements, this case
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is absolutely circumstantial but overwhelming. No DNA evidence linking Paul
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