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Inside the investigation into mom’s murder after her secret life was uncovered

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By Marlene Lenthang , MaryEllen Resendez , Amanda Karrh 
| ABC News
Lester Jones was found guilty of kidnapping and murder in December 2016. ByMarlene Lenthang,MaryEllen Resendez,Jennifer Pirone, andAmanda Karrh May 21, 2021, 4:22 PM • 31 min read Upon first glance, Paige Birgfeld was a hard-working single mother-of-three who juggled multiple odd jobs to make ends meet. But an investigation into the 34-year-old twice divorcee's disappearance from Grand Junction, Colorado, in the summer of 2007 revealed she had been living a secret double life as an escort.
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A string of family deaths surround tragedy of Lori Vallow’s children

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By Allie Yang, MaryEllen Resendez , Gwen Gowen , Sandy Evans
| ABC News
The investigation revealed a much darker tale beyond the missing kids. ByAllie Yang,MaryEllen Resendez,Gwen Gowen, andSandy Evans February 27, 2021, 4:35 AM • 22 min read Lori Vallow and Chad Daybell had both been recently widowed when they were married on a beach in Hawaii in Nov. 2019. It was Daybell’s second marriage and Vallow’s fifth. The newlyweds posed for photos with flower leis across their necks for the celebration on Kauai’s picturesque shores.
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'Sleepwalking' killer Scott Falater of Phoenix still wracked with guilt over murdering wife

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By Andrew Paparella, Scott Engel, MaryEllen Resendez , Lauren Effron 
| KNXV-TV (Phoenix, AZ)
By: Andrew Paparella, Scott Engel, MaryEllen Resendez, and Lauren Effron - ABC News PHOENIX — Scott Falater has been told many times how he murdered his wife, Yarmila Falater. He’s heard the gruesome details of how he stabbed her dozens of times in the family’s backyard and shoved her body into their pool from the officers who arrived on the scene, investigators and through court proceedings, including testimony from a neighbor who says he saw him commit part of the crime.
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