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Rachel Shannon

๐Ÿ‘ค Speaker
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True Crime with Rachel Shannon
Jealous Ex Hires a Hitman to Murder her Ex's New GF: The Case of Kendra Hatcher

So again, earlier she tried saying that this person's name was Lamar, probably just hiding his true name, but it was Christopher.

True Crime with Rachel Shannon
Jealous Ex Hires a Hitman to Murder her Ex's New GF: The Case of Kendra Hatcher

So that led them to finding out where he was and where his car was.

True Crime with Rachel Shannon
Jealous Ex Hires a Hitman to Murder her Ex's New GF: The Case of Kendra Hatcher

In the car, they found that Smith & Wesson firearm behind the glove compartment.

True Crime with Rachel Shannon
Jealous Ex Hires a Hitman to Murder her Ex's New GF: The Case of Kendra Hatcher

They brought that gun to the crime lab and after running tests, they confirmed that this was the handgun that was used to kill Kendra, so he was arrested.

True Crime with Rachel Shannon
Jealous Ex Hires a Hitman to Murder her Ex's New GF: The Case of Kendra Hatcher

As police progressed throughout the investigation, they finally felt like they had enough to connect Brenda to the crime.

True Crime with Rachel Shannon
Jealous Ex Hires a Hitman to Murder her Ex's New GF: The Case of Kendra Hatcher

And after releasing her for the first time, they went back out to arrest her, but this time, she was gone.

True Crime with Rachel Shannon
Jealous Ex Hires a Hitman to Murder her Ex's New GF: The Case of Kendra Hatcher

At the time, police had no idea where she had gone, but she was born in Mexico and she still had family living there.

True Crime with Rachel Shannon
Jealous Ex Hires a Hitman to Murder her Ex's New GF: The Case of Kendra Hatcher

So, she was technically still a Mexican citizen even though she was also a legal US citizen.

True Crime with Rachel Shannon
Jealous Ex Hires a Hitman to Murder her Ex's New GF: The Case of Kendra Hatcher

So, they indicted her for the murder on October 22, 2015 and worked with the FBI to alert Mexican officials in hopes of finding her there.

True Crime with Rachel Shannon
Jealous Ex Hires a Hitman to Murder her Ex's New GF: The Case of Kendra Hatcher

Brenda stayed on the run for six months.

True Crime with Rachel Shannon
Jealous Ex Hires a Hitman to Murder her Ex's New GF: The Case of Kendra Hatcher

It turned out that she had been living with relatives in the town of Torrecin, located in north central Mexico.

True Crime with Rachel Shannon
Jealous Ex Hires a Hitman to Murder her Ex's New GF: The Case of Kendra Hatcher

Family said that she acted the way just as she normally did.

True Crime with Rachel Shannon
Jealous Ex Hires a Hitman to Murder her Ex's New GF: The Case of Kendra Hatcher

She didn't seem like anything was wrong.

True Crime with Rachel Shannon
Jealous Ex Hires a Hitman to Murder her Ex's New GF: The Case of Kendra Hatcher

She didn't act off in any way.

True Crime with Rachel Shannon
Jealous Ex Hires a Hitman to Murder her Ex's New GF: The Case of Kendra Hatcher

She was her normal, happy, go-lucky self.

True Crime with Rachel Shannon
Jealous Ex Hires a Hitman to Murder her Ex's New GF: The Case of Kendra Hatcher

However, by April 8th, 2016, Brenda was finally arrested by Mexican police.

True Crime with Rachel Shannon
Jealous Ex Hires a Hitman to Murder her Ex's New GF: The Case of Kendra Hatcher

From there, the trials for murder started.

True Crime with Rachel Shannon
Jealous Ex Hires a Hitman to Murder her Ex's New GF: The Case of Kendra Hatcher

Like I said, Crystal ended up taking a plea deal in exchange for her testimony.

True Crime with Rachel Shannon
Jealous Ex Hires a Hitman to Murder her Ex's New GF: The Case of Kendra Hatcher

She was offered a 35-year sentence with the possibility for parole in 15 years.

True Crime with Rachel Shannon
Jealous Ex Hires a Hitman to Murder her Ex's New GF: The Case of Kendra Hatcher

She said that she ultimately agreed to do this because when this all came out, her mother was very disappointed in her, saying that she raised her better than that.