Murdered Wife 'Testifies' From Beyond the Grave

Maria Muñoz’s husband is in prison for life after her diaries prove she wasn’t suicidal

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Their marriage was in pieces. Joel Pellot had been cheating on his wife of a decade, Maria Muñoz, for almost two years. Maria wanted to keep their family together — they shared two young sons ages 5 and nearly 2 — but by September 2020, Joel was living with his mistress and Maria had decided she wanted to hire a divorce attorney. After months of ups and downs and a recent emotional confrontation, Joel sent Maria an email, telling her, “I want to sit down with you to talk, without arguing. [Have] a heart-to-heart.”