For eight days a jury heard testimonies, allegations and learned in-depth the details of a horrible crime in which a woman killed, dismembered and scattered the remains of her boyfriend, finally finding her guilty for what happened at the end of 2022 in Maryland.
Michelina Desiree Goodwin46, was found guilty of second-degree murder, use of a firearm in the commission of a felony and unauthorized disposal of a corpse, for the death of James Volodimir Nalborczyk50 years old, who was his romantic partner.
It was on December 21, 2022 when the victim’s family reported him missing, after two weeks of not hearing anything from him, according to Fox News. The search case turned into a homicide investigation weeks after the man was reported missing.
The family reported that they called the woman, who told them that she had decided to end the relationship, so the man had left the house in a truck belonging to the company where he worked, heading to Virginia.
Because they shared a house and she was the last person to see him, Goodwin became the main suspect in the case, she finally confessed to the crime, revealing to investigators that she began fighting with her boyfriend, He took a gun that he claims fired accidentally. and he murdered him without that being his objective.
But he later gave disturbing details, saying he dismembered Nalborczyk’s body and scattered his remains in various remote locations, leading agents to St. Mary’s and Charles counties.
“This horrific crime shocked the community and caused unimaginable pain to the family. of the victim. For eight days, the jury heard the graphic circumstances surrounding the victim’s final moments and the gruesome post-mortem mutilation. “The defendant’s cowardly decisions deprived the family of a proper burial,” State Attorney Jaymi Sterling said in a statement.
For now, Goodwin is being held without bail, awaiting her sentence, which could be up to 61 years in prison.
An accomplice in the case
It should be noted that Goodwin did not act alone, she herself revealed to investigators that when she fought with her partner another man was present, Larry Joseph Murphy40, who helped him dispose of the body and evidence of the murder.
Although Murphy denied helping the woman dispose of the body and said he left the house before the crime, he is charged with first- and second-degree murder and disposing of a body in an unauthorized location, according to the SM News site. Net.
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