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Ashanti Allen in Houston, Texas
Timothy Fletcher & David Scott in Tampa, Florida
Alesa Leach in Jacksonville, Florida
Linlin Guo & Beimin Cheng in Martinez, California
Mariah Rosanna Samuels in Minneapolis, Minnesota
Michelle Long in Lisbon, Ohio

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Houston, Texas • 2026-04-16

Ashanti Allen

Charges Filed girlfriend

Ashanti Allen, a 23-year-old Houston woman who was eight months pregnant with her first child, disappeared on April 10, 2026, and was found dead six days later near Chimney Rock Park. Court documents say she was strangled with a cord. Investigators used apartment surveillance, license plate reader data, cell phone records, and text and FaceTime evidence to link her boyfriend, Kevin Faux, 24, to the killing. Faux was arrested by U.S. Marshals in Jefferson Parish, Louisiana, on April 20, 2026, after authorities said he fled the state using Allen's debit card. He faces charges including capital murder and the murder of an unborn child. The case drew intense public attention because Faux had been released from jail less than two months earlier after pleading guilty to assaulting Allen in late 2025.

Warning signs: Separation, Prior threats, Escalating violence...

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Ongoing case

Tampa, Florida • 2025-12-17

Timothy Fletcher & David Scott

ex-boyfriend & ex-husband

On December 17, 2025, 51-year-old Susan Avalon allegedly carried out a calculated double homicide crossing multiple Florida counties, targeting two men with whom she shared children and ongoing custody disputes. Authorities state that Avalon first traveled to the Tampa home of her ex-boyfriend, 55-year-old Timothy Fletcher, where she broke in through a rear glass door and shot him. A 911 call from Fletcher's phone captured the sound of gunfire, but Avalon intercepted the dispatcher's callback, claiming it was an accident, which delayed the discovery of his body. Hours later, Avalon traveled south to Bradenton, disguised herself as a food delivery driver using stolen Panera Bread items, and fatally shot her ex-husband, 54-year-old David Scott, at his front door. Scott survived long enough to identify Avalon to first responders. Utilizing license plate recognition technology, law enforcement tracked Avalon back to her Citrus County home, where she was caught trying to clean her vehicle with bleach. She has been indicted for first-degree murder in Hillsborough County—where prosecutors are actively seeking the death penalty—and faces separate second-degree murder charges in Manatee County.

Warning signs: Separation, Firearm access, Child witnesses

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Jacksonville, Florida • 2025-11-17

Alesa Leach

Charges Filed ex-girlfriend

Alesa Leach, a 58-year-old Jacksonville resident, ordained minister, and city bus operator, was found deceased in her West 14th Street home on November 17, 2025. Investigators determined she died of violent trauma before their arrival, discovering her body after she missed a scheduled court appearance. Leach had an active domestic violence protection injunction against her 49-year-old ex-boyfriend, Joseph Anderson. Law enforcement had escorted Anderson away from her residence approximately one week prior for violating the injunction. Following the homicide, Anderson fled to Connecticut, where he was apprehended on December 5, 2025, on an injunction violation warrant and extradited back to Florida. On March 20, 2026, while already in custody at the Duval County Jail, Anderson was formally served an arrest warrant charging him with second-degree murder with a weapon, burglary, aggravated stalking, tampering with evidence, and violating a domestic violence protective injunction. He has entered a plea of not guilty.

Warning signs: Stalking, Separation, Protection order...

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Memorial

Martinez, California • 2025-09-18

Linlin Guo & Beimin Cheng

Charges Filed wife & mother in law

On September 18, 2025, Walnut Creek police responded to a 911 call reporting a disturbance and possible gunfire at a residence on Kelobra Court. Officers discovered 37-year-old Linlin Guo and her mother, Beimin Cheng, dead inside the home with their throats slashed. Guo's husband, 43-year-old Howard Wang, claimed he shot at a fleeing intruder who committed the crimes. Following an investigation, police arrested Wang on September 19, 2025, exposing the intruder story as a fabrication. The investigation expanded to implicate Wang's mistress, 45-year-old Yan Wang of Oakland, who allegedly burglarized the home and destroyed cellphone evidence immediately following the killings to shield Howard Wang. In March 2026, the Contra Costa County District Attorney's Office filed an additional murder charge against Howard Wang and a co-defendant, Demarques James Pearl, for the June 2024 contract killing of Chengli Li in San Gabriel, California. Prosecutors allege Howard Wang conspired to kill Li to eliminate him as a romantic rival for Yan Wang's affections. All three homicide charges have been consolidated for prosecution within Contra Costa County.

Warning signs: Stalking, Separation

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Convicted

Minneapolis, Minnesota • 2025-09-14

Mariah Rosanna Samuels

Sentenced ex-girlfriend

Mariah Rosanna Samuels, a 34-year-old mother of two and small business owner, was shot and killed by her ex-boyfriend, David Eugene Wright, 51, outside her family home in North Minneapolis on September 14, 2025. Following the termination of their relationship in August 2025, Wright severely assaulted Samuels, prompting her to secure an Order for Protection (OFP). On the morning of September 14, Wright violated the order by contacting her. Samuels requested police assistance, but the responding officer left after four minutes and filed a inaccurate report claiming she felt safe. Approximately two hours later, Wright ambushed Samuels in her parked vehicle, firing 12 shots through the window. Wright fled to Anoka, Minnesota, where he was apprehended. After a grand jury upgraded his charges to first-degree premeditated murder, Wright confessed to the killing on the witness stand during his trial. In April 2026, he was convicted on all counts and sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole.

Warning signs: Stalking, Separation, Protection order...

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Resolved case

Convicted

Lisbon, Ohio • 2023-11-29

Michelle Long

Convicted ex-wife

Michelle Ann Long, 50, was shot and killed on November 29, 2023, while sitting in her pickup truck in the driveway of her residence on Carey Road in Butler Township/Salem, Ohio. Her body was located hours later by family members after she failed to pick up her son. The homicide occurred approximately seven months after the finalization of a highly contentious divorce from her husband of 25 years, William P. Long Jr.. The marriage was legally dissolved on the grounds of incompatibility following a bitter litigation process in the Columbiana County Court of Common Pleas. Civil court records detail a volatile separation period characterized by multiple counts of legal contempt, asset depletion, and property hoarding by the suspect.

Warning signs: Stalking, Separation, Protection order...

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Investigation Ready Convicted Court Records

Midland, Texas • 2023-05-11

Madeline Pantoja

Sentenced ex-girlfriend

Madeline Molina Pantoja, 20, disappeared from her Midland, Texas, apartment on West Francis Avenue on or about May 11, 2023. Her vehicle, phone, and dog were left unattended, prompting immediate concern from her family and friends. After initial tension between the family and local police regarding the pace of the investigation, multi-agency search teams combed a 60-square-mile area. On May 20, 2023, her remains were discovered hidden in a rural field in Midland County. Her ex-boyfriend, Mario Juan Chacon Jr., 24, was arrested the same day. Investigators linked Chacon to the murder through cell phone location data and physical evidence of a struggle in her apartment, including bloodstains, holes in doors, and a missing coffee table. An indictment asserted that Pantoja had been beaten, strangled, and suffocated. On February 20, 2026, Chacon pleaded guilty in the 142nd District Court to first-degree murder and tampering with evidence. He was sentenced to 35 years in prison. ---

Warning signs: Separation

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Ongoing case

Chula Vista, California • 2021-01-07

May "Maya" Millette

Ongoing Trial wife

May "Maya" Millete, a 39-year-old mother of three and Navy civilian employee, vanished from her Chula Vista, California, home on January 7, 2021. Her disappearance occurred the exact day she finalized plans to meet with a divorce attorney to end her marriage to her husband, Larry Millete. Following an intensive multi-month investigation by the Chula Vista Police Department involving 82 search warrants, Larry was arrested in October 2021 and charged with first-degree murder and unlawful possession of an assault weapon. Although Maya's body has never been found, prosecutors are pursuing a "no-body" homicide conviction built on an extensive web of circumstantial forensic data, digital footprints, unaccounted vehicle mileage, and extreme behavioral patterns of coercion. Larry Millete has pleaded not guilty, maintaining that his wife left voluntarily, while his defense team alternatively suggests that other individuals connected to an alleged extramarital affair could be responsible.

Warning signs: Separation

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Resolved case

Rock Hill, South Carolina • 2020-06-09

Nichole Zahnd Florentine

Appeal Pending wife

Nicole Rene Florentine (Zahnd) was murdered by her husband, Lawrence Joseph Florentine, during a road trip between June 3 and June 11, 2020. The couple had a documented history of severe domestic violence at their home in Rock Hill, South Carolina. Nicole had called 911 multiple times reporting physical abuse and explicit threats by Lawrence to kill, burn, and bury her. Following a house fire on May 23, 2020, which destroyed their home, the couple traveled through North and South Carolina. Nicole was shot in the head on or about June 9, 2020. Lawrence then drove her body to Hill Cemetery in Fredonia, Kentucky, bought a shovel and gas can, doused her remains in gasoline, set them on fire, and buried her in a shallow grave. After her grandmother filed a missing person report, a groundskeeper discovered the makeshift grave on June 13, 2020. Lawrence fled to Denver, Colorado, where he surrendered to police on June 23, 2020. Because the murder took place across state lines, local prosecutors requested federal intervention. Lawrence pleaded guilty to multiple federal counts in October 2023 and was sentenced to 30 years in prison in April 2024. In August 2025, an appellate ruling overturned his conviction for utilizing fire to commit a felony on the basis that VAWA protections legally cease upon death, though his 30-year sentence remained unchanged.

Warning signs: Separation, Prior threats, Escalating violence...

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