She was Burned Alive, Then Testified at her OWN Trial: The Harrowing Story of Judy Malinowski
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What is Judy Malinowski's story?
Hello everyone, my name is Rachel and welcome back to another true crime video. So the case that I have for you all today is one that is truly an incredible case. The amount of courage and power this woman showed after going through literally the worst thing imaginable is truly amazing.
How did Judy's childhood shape her life?
It's overall a very sad and devastating case, but I'm really looking forward to telling you all about the story of Judy Malinowski. Judy Malinowski was born on August 26th, 1983, being the firstborn to her parents. Judy was overall known as being from a loving family with a happy childhood. She had a younger brother named Patrick and a sister named Danielle, who she absolutely doted on and adored, and she was absolutely beautiful. Growing up, she won several beauty pageants, including being crowned Miss New Albany and Homecoming Queen at her high school, New Albany High School, in 2001. After graduating from high school, Judy went on to Ohio State University. Judy was known as being a beautiful person on the inside and out. She was known for her special ability to love all people unconditionally without judgment. She was passionate and loving with a free spirit and a quick wit. She was someone that could always make those around her smile and feel good.
She was known to put others needs before her own and was just overall the light in the lives of those who knew her. Judy's mother said that Judy always just wanted to have a simple, nice life. She wanted to live in a nice house in a normal neighborhood, and she wanted two children. And it seemed that she was starting to live the life that she had always wanted. She was married to a man named Ron, and together the couple went on to have two daughters, Kaylin, who was born on March 12, 2004, and Madison, who was born in September of 2007. And of course, Judy loved her daughters. She called them the colors of her heart. Judy made sure to always make sure that her daughters felt loved and cared for.
However, while Judy was pregnant with Madison, Ron cheated on Judy and the relationship between Judy and Ron fell apart. And from there, of course, they broke up. Now, when Judy was younger, she had been diagnosed with ovarian cancer, which she did beat the first time and she went into remission. However, by 2006, unfortunately, the cancer returned. After the cancer came back, the doctors performed a full hysterectomy on Judy, but that just led to more and more issues. Judy began to struggle with opioid abuse to deal with all of the pain that she was suffering from that surgery, which unfortunately was a very common occurrence during that time due to the overprescription of opioid drugs. It got to the point that her insurance stopped covering the opioids that she relied on. So unfortunately, she ended up turning to street drugs and that got her hooked on heroin. Through that though, her family worked hard to support her, help her raise her children, and do whatever they could to help her recover from her addiction.
What led to Judy's tragic relationship with Michael?
After a while, she did start to get back up on her feet and she started to make really great progress. She had her own apartment, she was clean, she had gone to rehab, and she had been getting income via disability paychecks that she got due to her cancer and other issues, as well as her mother helping out with her bills. But by 2014, it was also around this time that a man named Michael Slager reached out to Judy via Facebook, and the two quickly connected. Now, Michael and Judy had already known each other previously. Michael knew Ron and their other group of friends and she had hung out with him and, you know, Ron and the other friends before. So, they knew each other and after years of not seeing each other or talking, Michael reached out to Judy and they reconnected. They went on their first date and after that, the pair became almost inseparable. And during that time, Judy also slipped back into her addiction. What she didn't know about Michael at the time was that he had a long criminal history.
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Chapters
6 chapters
1
What is Judy Malinowski's story?
0:20–0:38
2
How did Judy's childhood shape her life?
0:38–3:30
3
What led to Judy's tragic relationship with Michael?
3:30–11:56
4
How did Judy survive the attack?
11:56–19:02
5
What was the outcome of Michael's trial?
19:02–20:30
6
What changes did Judy want to see in the law?
20:30–28:02