Anne-Marie Green

We've seen that before, Aaron, where people, you know, their world becomes so small that they become almost completely dependent on this one person that's misleading them.

But what I don't get is that even Mindy's friends and members of her family, they didn't question this outlandish story.

That is such an interesting observation.

I think you're probably right.

But then we sort of go a step further, right?

Because in December of 2022, Kasotis told Mindy's friends and family that she died from a sudden medical issue and that, you know, there's no body because she had been cremated.

I can maybe understand Mindy's friends accepting that story because they weren't around her, but her own parents didn't question this.

So when Mindy's dismembered body was found in the woods, investigators were unable to identify her at first, and they released two sketches of her face.

Kasotis' first wife, Heather Thomas, discovered that sketch and then made an anonymous call to the Georgia Bureau of Investigation saying that it looked an awful lot like her ex-husband's new wife, Mindy Kasotis.

What's interesting about Heather is that when she spoke to you about Kasotis, she said at one point that, you know, they were best friends, that they remained friendly after the divorce.

When did things sort of break down between them?

Wow.

I mean, people believe Kasotis, except for, luckily, investigators.

They didn't buy his story at all when they brought him in for questioning.

He told them the same tale about being pursued and harassed by unknown individuals and also said that for his family's protection, he gave complete control to

To a mysterious FBI agent, he said his name was Jim McIntyre.

Of course, he said that he didn't kill Mindy and that he didn't know who did, but he thought maybe Jim was responsible.

Let's just listen to a clip from the hour of the Georgia Bureau of Investigation's agent, Tracy Sands, asking Kasotis about Jim McIntyre.

So let's talk about the trial.

More than two and a half years after Mindy Kasotis' murder, her husband, Nick Kasotis, is charged with her murder and appears in a Georgia courtroom.