Debra Roberts

She was starting to get anxious about her financial situation, and that was revealed in our report.

In fact, she even writes, I don't know how I allowed myself to get into this mess that I'm in.

I just want out of the whole situation.

So was she blinded by love or was it just she got in so deep and it was hard for her to try to dig out?

Get out of the house.

Yeah.

In fact, she wrote, I am committed to doing what I can do so that we can both be successful and happy.

Keep it between us.

And also, too, there's that embarrassment factor, too.

I think people get a point where if you are somebody who's very well regarded and accomplished and you should know better after a certain point, even if you do know better, it's embarrassing to let friends and family know that you're caught up in this kind of thing.

Women were particularly vulnerable.

The psychology of it all.

We're going to talk more about that with Pat Alama.

Don't go anywhere.

Welcome back to 2020 The After Show.

I am talking with our contributor Pat LaLama about this riveting story we just reported on 2020 about the case of Sue Markham, an esteemed professor at American University who was found dead in her basement.

And then, of course, investigators began to uncover really a shocking relationship between her and a man who was her yoga instructor.

Jorge Landeros.

So Pat, let's talk about Landeros because this is a man who, as we said, was very charming.

He seemed to have some financial knowledge.