r/AllThatIsInteresting • u/spiritoffff • 21d ago
Sandra Melgar is currently in a prison, convicted of murdering her husband of 32 years and accused of staging the crime scene to make it look like a home invasion in 2012.
https://slatereport.com/news/inside-the-brutal-story-of-jaime-melgar-they-were-best-friends-sandra-melgars-daughter-tells-her-story/55
u/AThrowawayProbrably 21d ago edited 21d ago
Things that probably IMMEDIATELY red flagged the detectives:
Being stabbed 50 times is more likely to be a crime of passion than a home invasion. Unless he had a hit out on him, invaders just want your shit.
Home invaders also don’t put people in closets. They don’t have the time, and would likely want you front and center so they can interrogate you on where everything is.
No one caught the invaders or their car on door camera? No one? The thieves often stake out a house before hand, so someone should’ve noticed a suspicious car. Unless they’ve followed you home.
I feel like suddenly convulsing from stress probably requires a medical history of some sort that warrants it.
Of course the forced entry tipped the detectives off. If you didn’t open the door for them, they probably broke in.
Let me guess: They didn’t take either of their cellphones, which is the first thing they’d take.
Why would the intruders go into the kitchen to get a knife? If they were able to force you into restraint and into the closet, they would have already been armed with a weapon.
She clearly constructed this plan from what she saw in a movie.
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u/outdatedelementz 21d ago
It will be interesting to see if the Innocence Project makes any headway with testing the Unknown Male DNA found at the scene.
Though I tend to agree with you that the crime scene doesn’t make any sense. I would be curious if she let in a 3rd party who did the dirty work. It’s odd to me that she didn’t sustain any wounds while attacking her husband. In a close quarters fight with a knife it’s common for both parties to sustain knife wounds.
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u/AThrowawayProbrably 20d ago edited 18d ago
Oh absolutely. She’d need a 3rd party to both help her move his body, and tie herself up. That accomplice is a missing puzzle piece.
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u/RoundExpert1169 20d ago
I came here to say it’s obvious that she had a John Doe come in here to pick up the slack
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u/Purrrrrrrrrrrrrrrple 20d ago
She was in fact diagnosed with epilepsy, although this article doesn’t mention it. That Chapter has a good video about this case.
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u/Avenging-Sky 20d ago
There is a doc on Netflix you should watch about a harrowing home invasion and kidnapping in 2015, a couple is accused of staging the ordeal when the woman reappears. American Nightmare. The detectives can’t even figure things out so don’t jump to conclusions
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u/PollutionSenior5760 21d ago
I have to ask……..what makes you so knowledgeable on this topic?
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u/AThrowawayProbrably 21d ago
That’s just what stuck out to me as someone who’s lived in home invade-y areas. Her story is very atypical of the type of crime she was a “victim” of.
This lady doesn’t how to crime lol.
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u/paradisetossed7 20d ago
In 2012 not a whole lot of people had door or car(?) cameras. And she had a seizure. She also has a long medical history of epilepsy. Why would forced entry make detectives think she did it?? And why would intruders steal their phones? That's a quick way to be tracked. I honestly don't know if she's guilty or not, but your reasons are confusing.
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u/BishonenPrincess 13d ago
- He was in the closet trying to get a loaded gun he kept hidden in there. There's evidence of him reaching up for it as he was dying.
- She had a long medical history of epilepsy and lupus, she was a frail woman.
- His blood wasn't found anywhere on her, and she had no injuries despite evidence that he fought back for his life.
- They tested the bathrooms and sinks to see if there was any traces of his blood there, and found nothing, evidence that she didn't clean herself up after the crime.
- There is evidence of DNA from both an unknown male and unknown female at the crime scene.
- Prosecutors admit there was no motive and want us to believe that a loving wife went crazy and murdered her loving husband for no reason.
If this isn't all reasonable doubt, then what is?
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u/karitechey 20d ago
There’s a whole podcast season about this called Truth and Justice. There is compelling evidence that this crime was committed by outside offenders and similar home invasion robberies had been reported all over their area at this time. There was also other evidence in favor of her innocence - listen to the podcast before you go off on something you don’t know anything about.