The Sinister Story Of Mellisa Turner

"I loved him, and I didn't want to do that to him." Those were her tears in court. But what the jury and a neighbor's hidden camera heard hours before the stabbing was something far darker: "Go f***ing die!"In this sinister true crime episode, we investigate the case of Melissa Turner, a Florida cosplay model convicted of murdering her fiancé, Matthew Trussler [citation:6]. On October 18, 2019, Melissa called 911 saying she found Matthew unresponsive by their pool [citation:1]. Initially, she claimed she remembered nothing — she went to sleep, woke up, and he was just there, covered in blood [citation:1].But a neighbor's security camera told a different story. It captured audio of a vicious argument around 4:00 AM, with Melissa screaming, "Get up now! Get up! Get up! I hate you!" and "Go f***ing die!" [citation:1]. Confronted with this evidence, her story changed. She now claimed Matthew had attacked her — choking her, throwing her across a counter — and she stabbed him "lightly in the back" in self-defense [citation:2]. She said she watched him die slowly, but waited nearly four hours to call for help.Prosecutors argued there was no evidence of abuse, only of a calculated killer who watched her fiancé bleed out on the patio [citation:9]. In March 2022, Melissa Turner was sentenced to 20.5 years in prison for second-degree murder [citation:6]. The judge's words were final: "This jury did not believe her claims of self-defense — nor does this court" [citation:6]. Listener discretion advised.