Rachel Shannon

His obsession and rage amplified and he couldn't handle the fact that Celeste was out there happily living her life with someone else all the while she was persecuting him for his innocent messages.

Dr. Rajan said that in terms of the murder, he was enraged with Celeste while also desperate for the situation to disappear.

After being examined by multiple psychiatrists, Loe Sacco was found competent to stand trial.

At his initial plea hearing, the court heard from multiple psychiatrists who testified to everything I just told you.

The family was also at these hearings and they also had to hear Loewe continue to deflect all blame away from himself and towards everyone else.

They had to hear the medical examiner describe all of her injuries, saying that the first wound she suffered was the fatal one to the heart and what the judge called disturbing efficiency.

All other wounds were just overkill.

For the three years that followed the murder, LeWay changed his defense team numerous time, changed his plea and refused to show up to certain court hearings.

He contested multiple different facts in the case, which really were just small aspects to the case and had no bearing in his guilt.

One of the facts he tried contesting was how many times he stabbed Celeste, which as I stated, didn't really matter.

The first one was to her heart and it killed her.

So the number of stab wounds does not matter.

That is just one example, but it shows that he was trying to do whatever he could to delay all of this.

All of these different tactics caused the trial to be delayed until January of 2024,

where ultimately Lu Wei did end up pleading guilty to the charge of murder.

At his sentencing hearing, his defense team asked that his mental illness be considered, saying that he has a potential for rehabilitation.

Meanwhile, the prosecution was asking for a life sentence, saying that this was the absolute worst way he could have murdered her.

She lived her life in constant fear and torment for a year,

before ultimately her life was taken from her.

In the end, Justice Jane Dixon sentenced Loewe Sako to 36 years in jail