#9- Fernando Munera In May of 2021, a woman was fatally
stabbed at her apartment in Harlem, New York City, by her ex-boyfriend. 26-year-old Fernando Munera
had met his on-and-off girlfriend Alayna Hardy, aged 27, after she’d moved into the same apartment
complex. They began dating shortly thereafter but had a toxic relationship that led to several
break-ups and reconciliations. Friends, neighbors, and family spoke about how Munera was jealous,
aggressive, and controlling towards Hardy and they encouraged her to leave the relationship.
The woman was ultimately granted a restraining order after Munera broke into her apartment on
the top floor and aggressively held her captive, in February of 2021. She eventually managed to
escape and call the police, and Munera trashed her apartment in anger. Despite the restraining order,
Munera continued living in his ground floor apartment in the same complex. A few months later,
on May the 19th, Munera tried to break into Hardy’s apartment yet again. She called the police
asking for help, but the man left before officers arrived at her apartment. Munera subsequently
returned and gained access to her home through the fire escape. He attacked Hardy, stabbing her
multiple times. She put up a fight and inflicted injuries to Munera’s chest and neck that left him
in critical condition. The woman was rushed to the hospital where she succumbed to her knife wounds.
Munera recovered and was subsequently charged with murder, burglary, and criminal contempt.
#8- Samantha Stansifer On June the 14th of 2015, a woman by the
name of Samantha Stansifer brutally stabbed her boyfriend after they’d returned home from a party
in Henryetta, Oklahoma. 20-year-old Stansifer had a toxic 3-year on-and-off relationship with
her boyfriend Anthony Hall, aged 23. Stansifer had moved into Hall’s house for a while and, despite
being broken up the night of the party, they were still living together. While at the party,
Stansifer became upset after seeing text messages on Hall’s phone from another woman. After the pair
had returned to Hall’s home, Stansifer noticed even more texts on the man’s phone from the same
woman. It was at that point that Stansifer went to the kitchen for a drink. She returned to the
bedroom with two knives and stabbed Hall multiple times before calling the police to report the
incident. Officers arrived at the scene to find the man dead and Stansifer covered in his blood
as she admitted to killing him. She was arrested and charged with murder, leading to a conviction,
in April of 2016, and a consequent sentence of life in prison without parole.
#7- Michael Marrapese On March the 13th of 2019, a man
murdered his ex-girlfriend in her Rhode Island home after a tense two-year long relationship.
40-year-old Michael Marrapese, who had been in an out of jail for the majority of his life,
killed Lauren Ise after his most recent release. While Marrapese’s long-time friend insisted that
he wasn’t a violent person, Ise’s family members had a completely different take on the situation,
stating that they had a hostile relationship riddled with warning signs. The day before her
murder, 29-year old Ise had called the police after Marrapese had showed up to her home. He’d
reportedly banged on the windows threatening to kill her and driven in circles around her
neighborhood. Marrapese had even knocked on her neighbors’ doors asking them if Ise was dating
anybody else. Once the police arrived, the woman explained that she had a restraining order against
her ex. However, when police tried to confirm her report, they found that the restraining
order was actually put in place against her by Marrapese. For that reason, officers claimed
they were unable to do anything and left. In their absence, Marrapese broke into Ise’s home,
killed her, and later confessed the murder to a friend. The latter alerted the police, who found
the victim dead in her bedroom. Marrapese was arrested and charged with first degree murder.
As of the latest available information, he was being held without bail as he awaited trial.
#6- Thomas Nutt Dawn Walker was killed by her new husband,
a man by the name of Thomas Nutt, on their wedding night, on October the 27th of 2021. There were
signs of trouble before they’d even gotten married and Nutt had served time in prison for assaulting
Walker, roughly a year before their wedding. Friends and family had warned the woman to
leave the relationship because he was dangerous. Neighbors constantly heard Nutt yelling at Walker
and noticed that he was possessive and controlling of her. After the wedding, Nutt claimed to have
taken Walker on a honeymoon trip to Skegness, England. Upon their supposed return, Walker didn’t
show up to a meeting she’d previously planned with her daughter, who couldn’t get a hold of her.
When her daughter asked Nutt where she was, he reportedly acted as though he had no idea and even
helped her look for Walker. When she didn’t turn up, they reported her missing, and Nutt had tried
to make it sound as though Walker was mentally ill and battling a drinking problem. In reality,
he’d killed her just hours after their wedding and had subsequently broken her legs to have her
fit inside a suitcase that he later dumped in a field near their home. On August the 19th of 2022,
he was found guilty of murder and sentenced to life in prison with a minimum term of 21 years.
#5- Hannah Sindrey In the early hours of January the
1st of 2021, mother-of-two Hannah Sindrey stabbed her boyfriend at her Essex apartment, in England.
24-year-old Sindrey was hosting a New Year’s Eve party when her boyfriend, Paul Fletcher, took her
phone after being suspicious of her cheating on him. An argument broke out that culminated with
Sindrey grabbing a kitchen knife and stabbing 31-year-old Fletcher in the chest, killing him
at the scene. Witnesses who were present at the party told police that they’d seen Sindrey holding
the knife and aggressively waving it at Fletcher before stabbing him. Sindrey initially tried to
pin the murder on her friend, Kelly Blackwell, who was later found not guilty. Sindrey and
Fletcher’s friends told the authorities that they’d argued regularly and that the disputes
sometimes turned into violence. In January of 2022, Sindrey was found guilty and sentenced to
life in prison with a minimum term of 14 years and 5 months before being eligible for parole.
#4- Mark Barrott On August the 15th of 2021, a mother
was found dead at her home in Leeds, England, by her son, in the aftermath of an argument
with her husband. Eileen Barrot and her husband Mark Barrott, both in their 50s, were known for
having a toxic relationship. Mark was described as a jealous and controlling partner. He’d,
at one point, secretly placed a tracking device in Eileen’s purse and would follow her any time
she left the house. Eileen had tried to leave the marriage numerous times over the years, but Mark
had manipulated her into staying by threatening to take his own life. Eileen finally decided to
leave on the night of August the 14th of 2021 and when Mark realized he couldn’t manipulate her into
staying, he turned to violence. He hit her twice with a hammer and strangled her, leaving her body
on the floor of their home before fleeing to Scotland. The police launched a nationwide
manhunt and were able to track him down five days later, in Elgin, where he was arrested. He was
found guilty of murder and sentenced to life in prison with a minimum term of 21 years served.
#3- Tafari Walton
In March of 2019, a young mother from Australia was fatally stabbed by her partner who had a
history of violence involving knives. 22-year-old Tafari Walton was high on cocaine when he tied up
his girlfriend, Gabriella Thompson, and stabbed her 16 times. Walton had called
several of 27-year-old Thompson’s friends on the night of the murder. They became concerned
for her safety and alerted the authorities. One of the woman’s closest friends, Emma Russell,
told law enforcement that Walton had a history of being physically violent towards Thompson. After
the murder, Walton fled the scene and a day-long manhunt ensued. He was found at Lake Macquarie,
New South Wales, where police tried to subdue him with pepper spray.
When that failed and Walton charged at an officer with a knife, he was fatally shot.
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#2- Abdiljibar Mahamoud A man was charged with the fatal stabbing of his
ex-girlfriend in Ontario, Canada, on February the 9th of 2020. Brittney Newman, aged 25, was in a
long-term relationship with 27-year-old Abdiljibar Mahamoud, and the pair had two young children
together. Their troubled relationship had caused Newman to seek help multiple times over the years,
and even resulted in her staying in a shelter for a short period of time to get away from Mahamoud.
At the time of her murder, they’d been broken up for two years and she had been living in her
own apartment with their children. The man burst into her home and attacked her with a knife before
calling the police. When law enforcement arrived at the scene, they found Newman clinging to life
after having suffered multiple stab wounds. The authorities arrested Mahamoud at the scene and,
a short time later, Newman died as a result of her injuries. Mahamoud was charged with second
degree murder and sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole for 18 years.
#1- Tracie Andrews
On December the 1st of 1996, aspiring model Tracie Andrews tearfully described to law
enforcement the murder of her fiancé, 25-year-old Lee Harvey in Worcestershire, UK, by an unknown
male assailant. In reality, 27-year-old Andrews herself had stabbed Harvey 42 times with a pocket
knife and sliced his throat in the middle of the night on a country lane near their home,
where she abandoned him to die of his injuries. She went on to lie about what had happened,
stating that a “fat man with staring eyes” had killed him following a road rage incident,
after they’d left a nearby pub. Andrews appeared in court with a black eye, stating that she’d been
punched in the face during the attack as she’d tried to help Harvey. However, an analysis by
forensic psychologist Kerry Daynes revealed that Andrews was lying, and the ensuing investigation
proved that her story didn’t add up. The model became the primary suspect in her husband’s
killing and was arrested a few days later. In 1997, she was found guilty of murder and sentenced
to life in prison with a minimum term of 14 years. Two years into her sentence, she admitted
to killing Harvey in an act of self-defense. Andrews was released after serving her sentence
and eventually got engaged to another man. Thanks for watching! Would you rather be
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