Morbid - Angela Diaz

Episode Date: November 19, 2020

For the Ash-centric episode this week, we’ve got a doozy. Angela Diaz and Michelle Hadley were two women who had no idea of each other’s mere existence until they met a man named Ian Diaz. Ian had been engaged to Michelle and things got messy quickly. When he moved on to Angela, everything seemed perfect, for a little while at least. Then the expecting young newlywed couple were rocked by a series of threatening emails and sinister craigslist solicitors, but who could be behind it? As always, thank you to our sponsors: Hunt a Killer: Right now, just for our listeners you can go to HuntAKiller.com/MORBID and use promo code MORBID at check out for 20% off your first box. Simplisafe:Get 30% off SimpliSafe plus a free security camera today by visiting SIMPLISAFE.com/morbid. Hurry! This deal expires on Friday. Bestfiends: Download Best Fiends FREE today on the Apple App Store or Google Play. That’s FRIENDS without the R – Best Fiends! Vistaprint: Go to Vistaprint.com/MORBID to get started on your unregiftable gift. The holidays are coming up! Don’t miss your chance to get an unregiftable gift. Cowritten by Alaina Urquhart, Ash Kelley & Dave White (Since 10/2022)Produced & Edited by Mikie Sirois (Since 2023)Research by Dave White (Since 10/2022), Alaina Urquhart & Ash KelleyListener Correspondence & Collaboration by Debra LallyListener Tale Video Edited by Aidan McElman (Since 6/2025) Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Hey, weirdos, I'm Ash. And I'm Elena. And this is Ashcentric morbid. It's Ashcentric. Wiggy, wiggy, wiki. That's all you get. I mean, it's like the electric slide. It's exactly like the electric slide. It's electric. Oh, no, it's buggy, wuggy, wogie, right? I have no idea. You don't know the electric slide? I don't know if it's boogie-wogie or if it's wiggie-wigi-wig. It's definitely not wiki-wigi. I haven't not done my research on that part of life. This is already the most ash-centric episode. Sure is. Sure is. Here we are, everybody. Have any business that we didn't plan to talk about? I don't think we do. I think, yeah, I think we can kind of just jump into it today because I think we don't have any live shows yet coming up, not right now. Because it's still a pandemic.

Because it's a pandemic. Oh, I mean virtual. Wow. I was like, what? You're like, no, it's a bit. this COVID-19 while we're getting worse. Yes, I know that. I mean, it's a virtual live show. I figured, I figured. We're on the same page. I guess I didn't figure. I don't know what's up today or any day, really.

I think I always say that in the beginning of the episode. I'm like, I don't know what's up with today. It's just every day is a weird day. Yeah. My kids sent a dentist appointment today. And their dentist looks like Jasmine. Yeah, and so they dressed like Jasmine to go see her. Yeah, that's a little dose of adorable for you guys today.

They, their dentist literally is identical to Princess Jasmine. And she like pretends that she is. And she goes along with it. And she has this like very high, like, princess voice that's like adorable. And she's gorgeous, like stupid gorgeous. She walks in and you're like, I hate you. Slate all day. But she's sweet and brilliant.

It's like, wow, you just got it all. I love that. And of course, the girls were like, is that Princess Jasmine? And I was like, you got to ask her. I don't know. I was like, I can't be sure. And they asked her, and she nodded quietly. Like she made it like, it's a secret.

And they were like, oh. So then this time today, when they went, they got fully decked in their Jasmine outfits. And when we got in there, she was like, I love your outfits. And they were like, oh, my God. I love it. It's the most pure thing I have ever seen. I think we all need a little dose of that purity in life and wholesomeness. And there it is for you.

I know. I wish that you could post one of the pictures of them literally just leaning with their hands behind their head like what's up let's do this so relaxed in the dentist chair they love the dentist we talked about this earlier i'm not kidding you guys i used to have to get sedated at the dentist and i can back that up because i used to witness it they would put me to sleep would have to get chased down the hallway and then sedate it multiple times multiple times did they chase my ass down the hallway that and when she got shots there was no tolerance for pain. No, which is funny now, because I feel like I have a very high pain tolerance now.

Yeah. Remember on my 18th birthday when I got my tattoo and you guys all thought I was going to chicken out? I sat there for like two and a half hours. That's very true. I'm a badass bitch. We had to get detained from the dentist. But either way. My kids love the dentist and it's because they're so good at it. But like, how cool is she that she just goes with it? I know. Smart. She's a cool lady. She's a cool lady. There's also one that looks like Prince Eric there. And they were given that eyes, too. They were like, maybe Princess Eric. Princess Eric.

Prince Eric. Whatever works. Hey, whatever it takes. But there's your little dose of wholesomeness. You're welcome. Before we dive into some true crime. Do you know what I did? I started off my true crime episode with a quote like I'm graduating high school and I'm

the valedictorian. Oh, I love it. You got to throw a quote in there. You got to do it. So here's your quote. I don't know what this case is, guys, by the way. Oh, yeah. She withheld it from me.

I just thought it'd be more fun not to tell you, because this one is wild. Spoiler alert, before we start anything, there's no actual rape involved, but a lot of this case has to do with rape, if that makes any sense. There you go. So if that's not your jam, it's not. All right, so it's often said that true life is stranger than fiction, and the facts of this case can make that statement spot on. When a person who has committed a crime gets arrested and charged, that's a bad day. But when someone that's innocent gets arrested and charged with a crime, that's not just a bad day. That's a nightmare. This is the tale of a woman who faced such a nightmare.

Wow. And that was for the defense attorney. That statement was from a defense attorney. And I'm not going to tell you who's what it was. That feels like it's the beginning of like, here's a horror movie based on a true story. I know. Oh, my God. And I forgot.

Spencer, if you're listening, Spencer Henry, I dedicate this episode to Spencer. And I'm not going to tell you why. But as soon as you hear it, you're going to know why. Can I guess? Sure. Is there a Lifetime movie based on it? No, there's not. Oh, but there should be?

We mentioned Lifetime. Okay, cool. That's what I figured. Love you, Spencer. Yay. All right, so not much can be found about Angela Diaz's early life. So we're going to start around her mid-20s. Okay.

Angela was living with her boyfriend, Jason Rayburn. He was a state highway patrolman, or as we like to say, steady. A stady. Did people say that in other places or is that like a Boston thing? Is that a Massachusetts thing, guys? Yeah, I didn't know. So he was a Stady and she was an attorney. So they were like super cute together, power couple. They met one night at a bar where they just started talking and just realized they had almost everything in common. They were like, oh my God, like are we soulmates? That's either very rare or it's like want to use bullshit. Exactly. It's so funny how you can just call it like you see it. Like, wow. So Jason said that he remembers thinking it was too good to be. be true. Kind of like you. But he was really excited about their relationship. They quickly moved in together because Angela had unfortunately been diagnosed with cervical

cancer very recently and she couldn't stay where she had been living before. Her living situation was just kind of like. Not ideal. Sure, it's very hard to live by yourself and be going through cancer. Oh, I can't imagine. Yeah. And especially cervical cancer. So Jason was super helpful and doting.

And Angela was quickly becoming sicker and sicker. He even went as far as rearranging his home for her because she was weaker than usual and she kind of needed like a better way to get around. Wow, what a sweetie. I know. And this was especially hard on his son who had special needs because like he liked his space the way it was. I was going to say because routine and like consistency. Change is like not super great. But they were trying their best to make it work.

Doctors started Angela on chemotherapy and it seemed like she was taking it like a champ, but she was losing her hair. and unfortunately she had to shave her head pretty early on in her treatment. I know. This is like really a bummer. And so she kind of started like wearing a wool hat all the time everywhere because not that she was embarrassed, but all she might have just been cold. It's probably cold. Yeah, exactly.

It's a big change. But since Jason had really demanding work hours as a Boston statey. As a Boston state. I'm like, is that a Boston thing? Is that a Boston thing? I'm calling Massachusetts State Trooper. But since he had demanding work hours, he was not able to go to all of Angela's appointments. But she'd send him pictures while she was getting treatment and be like, oh, like doing this today,

like feeling all right, blah, blah, blah. And he would take care of her when they both got home. That's nice. Now, Angela met a woman named Mary Bukavisca. This one's hard to say. Bukovixie. Bucca Vicksy. Yeah, Mary B.

She met Mary B. And they quickly became friends. And Mary remembers that Angela was insanely smart and like the kind of person you could just talk to anything about. not be bored. Kind of like me. Exactly like you. Yeah, exactly like me. Never bored. She said Angela was a trooper through things and that she was always down to hang out and they still had fun together even when Angela was going through like the brunt of her treatment. Oh, I love that for them. So Mary's son went to a Catholic school and he would spend time praying for Angela.

The most wholesome. I know. And Mary would write like Facebook posts and like organize things and always hashtag Angie Warrior at the end. I'm a little. worried. Yeah, you should be. Okay. The thing is. I'm starting to feel a little, little, in my Capricorn brain, my alarm bells are going off and going, this can't be pure. I also love how jaded we are, because I was reading this and I was like, oh, I know what's up. Oh, immediately. Immediately my alarm bells are going off. Yeah. And you know what, Mary's alarm bells are going off too, because something that concerned her about Mary was that she didn't seem to be, or something that, sorry, concerned her

about Angela was that she didn't seem to be making the lifestyle changes that many people with cancer do make to get healthier and kind of fight against it. It's not recommended to drink while you're undergoing chemotherapy or like many cancer treatments. But Angela would bring like a bottle of wine to Mary's house and she'd drink the entire thing by herself. Wow. Even when you're not going through cancer treatments, that's a lot. That's very wild. Live your best life, but that's probably not going to make it last long. No. She was also eating like a ton of sugary food all the time.

And she didn't really seem to have the change or like really the total loss and appetite that anyone who has gone through chemo therapy experiences. Even a little bit. I mean, our mom slash grandma had like under one cancer. Yeah. And she like couldn't eat like toast. Oh, we had to literally like try to force feed her. Exactly.

We were out buying her different like anything that we thought she would eat. Yeah. So this like wasn't happening for Angela. And of course, everybody's different. Like your body reacts differently and you never want to question somebody how they're going through it. No, absolutely not. And she didn't want, Mary didn't want to do that to her best friend. Of course not. But another thing that was worrying her was that Angela had told Mary a long time ago that Jason was like a super abusive piece of shit. Really? Yes. And no matter how many times Mary tried to help Angela, she would never leave Jason. And Mary was like, but like, you're in like a really dark place right now and he's still being abusive.

Yeah, like he's abusing you while you're going through cancer treatments. Right. It's horrible. Exactly. And she was like, okay. And she just said something about her friend just wasn't sitting right after a while. Like the more and more she tried to put the pieces together. Huh.

And she wasn't the only one who had their doubts. Yeah, here was I over here. Here was you. Here I was. Jason, along with you, noticed that Angela, again, wasn't experiencing any of the, side effects of chemotherapy that he thought she would. And he noticed that she actually had a lot of hair growing back under her cap. Because you can tell when it's actually gone versus whether you just shaved it off and it's growing right back. Because when you shave your hair and you have like

when you have cancer, it takes a long time to grow back. Like Ma's hair took forever to grow up. Yeah. And there was nothing. And I had clients that like I would see them and I'd be like, oh, like it's getting there, like, you know. Yeah. But, um, he started questioning, too, why he was never asked to go to any of her appointments or even pick her up from an appointment. He was like, I work a lot, but I'm not, I can help you. I have a hunch. I do too. And you know what? He felt weird about it, but like I said, things weren't adding up. So he asked one of his friends, can you like stake out the house? Because she's supposed to go to chemo today. And I have a feeling maybe she's not sick. Honestly, I don't really blame them. I don't either. Well, so his friend was like, okay. Like, I feel weird doing that.

He's like weird, but all right. Weird flex. Okay. Uh, okay. Uh, not a flex at all. But, uh, yeah, she was supposed to have chemo that day and she, she never left the house. Hmm. So that's good. He also Googled and researched a lot about cancer and chemotherapy. And along the way, he found some familiar pictures, uh, the ones that Angela had sent him while she was getting her chemo transfusions. Oh, no. She just Google image some pictures. Yeah, he thought, the pictures belong to her, but they popped up in a simple Google search of, like, chemo transfusion. Oh, no.

He was totally blindsided. And I'm not sure who went to who first, but eventually Mary and Jason became connected. And Mary realized there was no way that this man had been abusing Angela at all because he was crushed. Yeah. Like, he was so upset that. Well, he was blindsided. And he was upset that he was being lied to. And he had the same concerns about Angela's cancer that Mary had.

So they kind of figured this out together. And he also found out Angela wasn't an attorney. Like she told him. Oh, no. I think she worked with Mary actually as a paralegal. Oh. I think that's how her and Mary met. I know for a fact that she was a paralegal.

See? I told you. One of them was bullshitting. You always be knowing. It's the Capricorn brain. It is. We question. You do.

So together, Jason and Mary staged an intervention where they told Angela, like, the jigs up. We know that you're not sick. We got you, sweetie. And she was like, I do have cancer. Look at my papers. Call my mom. Like, yes, I do. Call my mom.

She knows. Is your mom a pathologist? I was going to say. Show me yourselves? You're probably just lying to her too, Angela. So Mary asked Angela to show them her port, which I think that's where the chemo goes through. That's where the chemo goes in. And Angela wouldn't take her jacket off.

She was like, no, I'm not showing you anything. Which it's like, on one hand, you're like, gotcha. And on the second hand, you're like, eh. Exactly. You know, that's an invasion of privacy technically. It's like she doesn't have to show you that. It totally is. But obviously my brain is going to.

Exactly. Well, and don't worry. We're not wrong. But they're in a bad position. They totally are. They can only question this so hard. But they also just like, they were full-fledged, like, I don't believe you. Once you find those Google images.

Exactly. That's like. That's a smoking gun. Yeah. So she was like, you know what? Both of them were like, you know what, we're done? And Jason was like, get the fuck out of here. Because he's rearranged his life with a special needs son and everything.

He's like rearranged things for her. Exactly. What a shitty person. Lying. Oh, just like, ugh. It gets so much worse. So Mary actually packed up Angela's things so that Jason wouldn't have to, which I thought was really nice. And in doing so, she found the medical bandage and the plastic surgical tube that Angela was using to fake her chemo pictures.

Wow. Because not only was she sending him ones from the internet, but she would. send him like ones with her in them, but that's what she was using to fake it. Can you imagine? Can you imagine going to those lengths? It's like eventually people are going to find out. Wow. It's like, did you watch The Real Housewives of O.C. when like the Brooks, they're, Vicki Gunvilsen's boyfriend, like allegedly faked cancer. I don't know if there's, I don't know if an answer ever came out about that. But I was like, eventually people are going to find out and start asking questions. Well, and like, who are you that's faking?

cancer. Right. Like, what do you get out of that? Who are you? Right. Like, these poor people would give anything. Yeah. Anything to not have cancer. Exactly. And you're faking it for like the good stuff. For sympathy, I guess. It's weird. It doesn't make any sense to me. That's so good. To me, that's like so gross. It's beyond gross. Deeply evil. So Mary also found a diary with entries about how in love Angela and Jason were and how Angela knew that if she died, he would be crushed. And it was like, so did she believe, like, that she had cancer? Like, you know how sometimes people lie so much that they start to believe their own lies? True.

I also wonder if it's her just loving how rapt she had these people and was like, if I died, they would be like done. Oh, yeah, 100%. Like just her writing down how empower she felt. Yep, that's a good point. And also, like, I mean, people find people's diaries all the time. So it's kind of just another way for her to like keep the whole thing going. Keep it going.

Mm-hmm. Now, around the same time, another California woman's relationship was ending. Oh. Totally different girl. Michelle Hadley was raised by her parents in Ontario. She had a younger sister, and all together, they made, like, a picture perfect family. You see them all together, and you're like, wow, you guys are so cute. Michelle was a track star.

She'd been offered a scholarship to Dickinson College. Damn. She was doing really well. And she'd been dating the same guy all throughout high school, and they ended up getting married. but all wasn't super perfect behind closed doors and they ended up divorcing each other after four years together. Okay. So that wasn't the only breakup that she had. She was upset, but eventually she was like ready to get back out there again and she made herself like a profile on a dating site hoping to meet Mr. Prince Charming. Uh-oh. And in August 2013, she met a man named Ian Diaz for coffee. Oh, okay.

All right? So he was charming and he was handsome. He was a... a U.S. Marshall. So obviously, like, she assumed he was a good guy, you know? Absolutely. They fell for each other just like Angela and Jason, like, really quickly. And he told her he loved her on the second date. Wow. Yes.

To me, I'd be like, run for. I'm going to be real. To me, that would be my cue to, like, soft shoe right out of it. Like, do-da-da-da-da-da-do. Like the gay say, I love you quick, but, like, not second date quick. Not for me anyways. But Michelle said she didn't think it was weird or anything or she didn't think it was too soon. It was just like, Ian was older than her a little bit.

And she was like, you know, maybe he's more experienced and, you know, maybe he genuinely loves me. I mean, it's true. It can happen. It can happen, you know. In December 2014, this will sound super familiar to you. They went to New York City. And Ian took Michelle to go see the tree and all the lights that make up Rockefeller Center around the holidays. And then he got down on one knee in Rockefeller and proposed to her.

Guys. That's what happened to Elena. That's how John proposed. And I remember before John proposed to you, he came to Ma and Puppa's house and I was there just like Wilden. And I got to say that he could propose to you. Yeah, because he asked your permission too. Imagine if I was like, no. I know. No, sorry, you can't. Guys, it was the best proposal ever. It was perfect. I had to gush for a second. It was truly was. So, so was Michelle and Ian's. Yeah, obviously. Perfect right now. When they got back to California, they got back home, they started looking for a con. condos together because they're like, let's do the damn thing. Yeah. And they found one that they loved in Anaheim. Now, Michelle paid the down payment in full. And it was a little over 14,000. Wow, good for Michelle. I know. She's young and getting it. And they waited, it wasn't like totally ready to move in yet, so they had to wait a little bit. Now, they moved in the condo together around June, and they were ready to start the next chapter of their life. I don't know what's going to happen. I'm trying to figure out

how this is ending. And I'm like, what is happening? I know. That's why I didn't. I didn't. I don't. I know. That's why I didn't want to tell you anything because this is so much fun. So as soon as they started moved, as soon as they moved in together, Michelle saw a very big change in Ian. Also, put your phone down and don't fucking Google any of this. I was about to. I know. I stopped. Don't do it. Did you see I put it down? I did. I was like, I'm not going to ruin it for me. I'm going to let you. It's so much better if you just hear this first hand. I put it down. So he wanted her to leave her job. So like I said, she saw a big change in him. He wanted her to leave her job that she like loved. And so she did. She kind of just like did whatever he said.

She's a very like meek girl. Like a passive person. Yes. Yeah. And she got a marketing job with Disney. I guess she loved Disney. But Disney was one of Ian's favorite places. And he had actually worked there before.

And Michelle later, like, reflecting, looked back and was like, I wonder if that's why he wanted me to take that position because then he could have his friends keep tabs on me. Yeah. And he loves Disney. I was going to say because he just wanted to go to Disney all the damn long day. I was going to make a joke. but I feel like Disney people will yell at me. Oh my, can you just do it?

You have to. I was just going to be like, that's your red flag right there. Annie's a Disney person. It was a joke. No, I used to joke about Disney people too until I started dating one. Yeah, exactly. I get it. And my kids are Disney people, so I can't really love.

Yeah, we've changed. Yeah, we have. But anyways. I mean, Frozen's a great movie. It really is. So this position made $20,000 less a year than she was making, but he, like, pressured her to take this. So that's another red flag.

Yeah. I mean, I'm very concerned. Yeah, so that's cool. But I definitely think it's because he wanted to keep tabs on her. Oh, yeah. As we'll see. He also said that he wanted Michelle to dress sexier. Nope.

That's immediately. And I'd be like, but like you proposed to me and who I am. And that's a problem. And that's not who I am. So why are you trying to change me? No, as soon as the person you're with is like, I would like you to dress like this, you say, goodbye. Fuck off.

And then you leave. Do it like a Disney princess if you want. It'll make them happy. You burst into a pencil. a flame. So you go do it like a Disney princess and then like, foo into Maleficent. And then just like immediately start hailing Satan right in front of them. Just be like, wha-ha! And they'll be like, okay. And they'll be like, wow, you've changed. Guess that's a no. Guess not. But he wanted Michelle to wear crop tops, which I just, I think that's really funny. Can you, for one, I just want to picture

right now, John looking at me and being like, I'd really like for you to wear more crop tops. I would I would laugh so hard. I'd still be laughing. That my great-grandchildren would hear me laughing. Like, they would be like, what is that sound? Oh, that's just great-great-great-grandma. You know what I would say? Laughing at great-great-grandpa John.

If I was, like, getting married to a dude and he told me he wanted me to wear more crop-tops, I'd be like, yeah, I want you to do as well. So let's get it. Let's be a crop-top couple. Let's get it. Fuck you. He also wanted her to get her nails done, but, like, she couldn't just get them done. She had to have acrylics. I'm out.

Which is weird because I feel like most dudes don't like acrylics because they're like sharp and painful. If you know what I'm excited. And they just don't understand them. No, and they're just like, what the fuck is that? It's gross. It's going to fall off. So, I don't know. He also has to pierce her belly button.

What the fuck? I was like, do you want to date a 17 year old? I was just like, go ahead. Are you seriously trying to date like a 17 year old from like the late 90s, early 2000? I think so. I mean, I had my belly button pierce when I was like 8. So like, not like the late 90s. A lot of people had it pierced when I was like, whatever it was like 16 or 17.

Yeah. But 16 or 17. Right. You don't pierce your belly button in your 20s. I'm sorry if you did. I disagree. But like, and you definitely don't do it when a dude is telling you to do it. No.

If you want to do it, go ahead. But like, you know what I mean? But not when a guy's telling you. No. So she started to wonder. She started to wonder. Period. She started to wonder.

She stroked her chin a little bit on this. Period. At the end of that sentence. No, but she started to wonder also if he was following her or having her watched. He was. Yeah, absolutely. If she wasn't home from a night class that she was taking, like right on time, he wanted to know who she had been with. If she was supposed to be home but like ran an errand.

And like if she was supposed to be at home when he wasn't there. But ran an errand, he would call her and be like, where are you? Oh, no. And she'd be like, why the fuck do you know that I'm not home? You don't want to live this way. But it's like, how did he know that she wasn't home? Because he's keeping tabs. And he trapped her too.

He waited until after you got her engaged in this beautiful way. Abuser. And she's like this meek, like cute girl. Like she's not going to stand up for herself. Yeah, she seems like a people pleaser. She said it. She literally is this like in any article that I read, like I would give one article like a boost for saying this. But literally every single article calls her a self-proclaimed goody two shoes. Yeah, she seems like a people pleaser. And she was just trying to avoid conflict. And she had just gotten out of a four year marriage. Like I think she just. wants to find love. Yeah, you know. Of course. But it was enough for her. She was like, I'm not going to live under your microscope and do all these weird things that you want me to do. Like, I'm good with the crop tops. So she packed her bags and she moved in with her parents for a little bit while she was

looking for her next move. Okay. So she even had Ian barred from her school's campus because she was afraid of him. Like, that's how afraid of him she was. She had him barred from the campus. But remember, she paid the down payment in full, totally. but both of their names were on the mortgage. Oh, no. So we've got legal trouble, baby. Oh, you gotta be careful with that. Because as far as the, like, the law was concerned, the condo is 50-50.

If both your names are on that, you're fucked. Oh, no. So they started a legal battle over the condo that became super, super heated. Usually does. Mm-hmm. So Michelle would send in these, like, really long tirades via email that were like really heavy with religious connections? Now, we're going to start to see, like, she definitely broke a little bit. Oh. So here's a couple. One is, quote, please explain to your real estate attorney that

God's law is above all laws, including the law of man. You may try to hide behind the law of man, but it is a weak shield that will bend and crack against the sword of God. Oh. Mm-hmm. And the next one said, you're in your body, but your mind is somewhere else. Your sins are many, including defiling me and my family with your wicked and evil sexual acts. Your financial coercion and irresponsibility, your gluttony, your greed, your lust, your sloth, your wrath, your envy, and most of all your pride. Yikes. Yeah, so, whoa. Yikes.

Now, the emails were actually scaring, Ian. You don't say. And me. And he filed. You can count me among that. Right. So he tried to file a restraining. order against Michelle. But his attempt was dismissed because they were like, I don't think your

life is in danger. I think she's just having a moment. Sending you some emails. Exactly. Now they finally settled in court in November 2015 under the conditions that Ian got to stay in the condo, but he had six months to put the mortgage in his own name, like get his own mortgage or sell the condo. And if he sold it, they would split the profits 50-50. Okay. Now at this point, Michelle was like, cool, we're done with this. Ian was like, cool, we're done with this. Let's move on. Move on, everybody.

How did you guys like the episode? Wow, that was a great story. Yeah. All right. I'm glad they resolved it at the end. No. So they both start seeing other people. They're ready to start their lives again.

Well, wouldn't you know it? Ian went back on those dating apps, and he met a woman named Angela. It doesn't, don't they have the same last name? So her name is Angela Connell, like Connell. That's her maiden name. But I started it because, like, I just. Yeah, okay. Because I was like, wait a second. They get married. So, I was like, whoa, are they brother and sister? No. I was literally this entire time trying to figure out the connection between the two. I was like, is, I don't understand. Are they cousins? I just said Angela Diaz in the beginning because like she's still Angela Diaz. Yeah, no, that makes sense. Or is she? Or is she? Or is she even alive? I don't know. No, you don't. Because I haven't Googled it. Don't. I won't. See, I'm watching you. Okay. So, so he met Angela and they had. And they had. And they had. And they had. I don't know. And they had. And they had. And they had. I don't know. And he met Angela. And they. And they. And they. And they. And they. And they. And hit it off really quickly. Now, they met in January and they were married by February. Whoa. So very

quickly, she was Angela Diaz. Wow. All right. So she wasn't lying about cancer anymore. And, you know, it doesn't sound like Ian knew that she had in the past, but like, it's okay. Now, by the middle- It's not something you bring up on the first date. Like, I lied about cancer. My last relationship broke up because I lied about having cervical cancer. You want to go to like El Marriacci after this? Yeah, let's do this. Cool. Up for a second date? Now, by the middle of May, Angela was pregnant with twins. Uh-oh. And she was like showing off her sonogram to Ian's parents and Ian.

And the couple were excited and they were like ready to be parents. No, they weren't. Yeah, I don't know. But something's more sinister was lurking around that corner. You don't say. Now, right around the time that Angela announced she was pregnant, she started getting strange emails from Michelle Hadley. Oh.

Now we know Michelle loves a strange email. I was just going to say a strange email? From Michelle? From Michelle? Michelle Hadley? You know what I'd think is, it's like Michelle's like Michelle Tanner when she has the evil twin. Oh my God. I just thought of that.

Wow. Wow. Okay. There she is. Now, these emails were very obviously from Michelle because they mirrored that like weird religious speak. She has a style. She does. Everybody has a writing style.

Yeah. Now, it appeared Michelle was a little jealous. She was. A little bit. Okay. Word had gotten to her that Ian had moved on and was happy, expecting his first children and she was living at home right now. Yeah. And she was dating, but she hadn't met Mr. Wright. It did. Exactly. So one of these emails said, you might be beautiful. You might be the one he married,

but you're still a sinner and must be punished. I will make sure you are reminded of your place by force. Wow. Okay. So another one read, die. I hope you are scared tomorrow. We will steal your child and watch as it dies. Holy shit. Now others referred to Michelle as Ian's Eve and Angela as his lilith. You got to stop, Michelle. Yeah, it's time to stop sister. So the emails were coming with attachments of pretty graphic and horrific things. And trigger warning, if you don't want to hear this, I would skip ahead a few seconds, like a few 15 segments or seconds.

I'll give you a second. Okay. Aborted fetuses, decapitated women, dead women, women who were like being sexually abused by like masked. men and they were all. We all thought we had crazy, there's some crazy exes out there. You know what? Like the most annoying email I get are like the most fucked up is when they're like, oh, claim your money from like overseas. Yeah. I'm like, yeah, fuck off. Wow. Yeah. Now, all these emails were signed. Shined. Shined. Michelle Hadley. Was signed sealing and delivering these via email. Oh, bye. So she's just like, yeah, I did it. She's got happy fingers. She's getting very happy fingers.

Send Michelle a Gmail. Don't. Don't. Don't do it. No. So when Angela told Ian what was going on, they went down to the Anaheim police right away. Am I saying that right so people don't yell at?

Anaheim? Anaheim? Yeah. Okay. So with all the copies of the emails and they quickly received a restraining order against Michelle. Oh, good. I was going to say someone do something here. That's way over the top.

Oh, yeah. Because there weren't only emails going to Angela from Michelle. They had also provided police with emails. written to Angela from different men claiming that they were responding to her ads on Craigslist. What? No, she was like, I didn't put any ads on Craigslist. Oh, no. They told police Angela hadn't written any of these ads.

Oh, I feel like I know what these ads are for. Yep. They provided her home address, the kind of dog that she had, when she would be walking that dog, and what time she was home, and went into explicit detail about rape fantasies. I knew it. I knew it. I knew it. had always had and she was ready to fulfill. Oh my gosh. So someone else is writing these, claiming to be her. They have her home address. So they're like waiting for like people to show up like ready

to try to act out this rape fantasy. Holy shit. My entire body is like shutting down. Revolting. It's like no. And she's pregnant. Oh. With twins. So it's like oh my God. Okay. So the temporary order. was put into place on June 1st, which is your anniversary. A lot of weird things. Yeah, don't love all this. 2016. Michelle was absolutely floored when she was served with this restraining order. She told police that she didn't know who Angela was and had never met her before.

And this was like the first she was hearing of her. And she also said these emails weren't coming from her email address. She was like, that's not my email address. Like, no. She also told them that she was concerned. I know. Shut up. She also told that she was concerned.

Someone was pretending to be her using her main email address to make new accounts. She was getting like Google alerts saying like, oh, your new account has been created and like, now this is your backup account. And she was getting like locked out of her accounts all the time. Oh, no. She also told them that she had been contacted by Craigslist as well about a rape fantasy that she had written, like the ad that she put out like with her email attached to it. And she was like, no, I reported the ad and like, I never heard back from them. But I told them I didn't write that. I knew it.

But the police didn't believe her. And they were like really, because these things are horrible things. And Angela's being like, I'm so scared. Like what the fuck? Yeah. It's terrifying. Of course. Michelle's, of course, going to say she didn't do it.

Of course. So the police are like, listen, you little doe-eyed girl, we don't believe you. Like, fuck off. Here's your restraining order. All right, Bambi, bitch. We don't believe you. I love that. So just a couple weeks after the restraining order was served,

Angela was attacked in the garage of her condo. Oh my God. Yep. Which technically is not her condo. She called 911 and she told the dispatcher that someone tried to rape her. Oh, no. She was able to fend them off, luckily. When the police arrived, it was clear that something had happened.

Both of her eyes, like underneath her eyes, were bruised. There were abrasions to her neck and chest where her shirt had been torn. And there appeared to be, they showed a picture. I got, I'm going to link it in the show notes. like a police, like, presentation. And the picture is, it looks like it's of blood, but I also am like, is that of makeup from, because her head was slammed against the wall. Oh. So I don't know. Yeah. So that, that all happened. Now, Michelle was arrested that night because they were like, obviously this is connecting back to her. Yeah. So that was June 24th, 2016. Um, but she posted the

$10,000 bail the next morning and she was out. I, I have, I have so many thoughts. right now. I can't even give them. I know, don't say them, though. I won't. That's why I'm like, so the police went to check in with Angela the next morning and they're like, are you okay? How you feel? Remember, she's fucking pregnant. Like, oh my goodness. I'm upset. And they're telling her, you know, Michelle was held last night, but she did post bail and she's out now. So just to let you know. Now, Angela told them, now she felt even stronger about the fact that this person was Michelle, because in the time that Michelle was being detained, she didn't receive a single single. single email. Oh. Mm-hmm. So that's weird. Now, an hour after she told them that, she called the

police to tell them that not only had she received another email, that the email was now signed by a man called Jason Ray. Oh, you remember. This is all very convenient. It really is. It's all just, just lining up, like, totally weird. Very nicely. No, if you, if you forgot from like 20 minutes ago, if that, her boyfriend, her ex's name is Jason Rayburn. Yes. And, and And now this person is emailing her Jason Ray. Wow, look at that. But not only did that happen, she also had found another Craigslist ad that claimed to be her asking for a man to please come attack her while she was walking her dog.

And no matter how hard she fought back, don't stop. Holy shit. Ew. The fact that that's like a thing. I know. Like I don't think shame. No, but that's a lot to wrap my head around. So the emails just kept coming.

Some were even from Michelle's personal address that she had confirmed with the police was her. So they're like, okay, you're sending these. We know you are. What the fuck? The emails provided Michelle's parents' phone numbers, her own phone number, and demanded that Angela call her, leave Ann, get out of the picture, etc., etc. Have they looked at an IP address at all? That's, we're going to get to that. Because this is all well and fine, but it's like you can steal anybody's email address.

Exactly. If you hack into it, look at her fucking IP address. I know, I'm saying. Everybody. We'll get there. We'll get there. I'm getting mad. I know. So the emails from Jason Ray kept coming and Angela knew that they weren't from like the real Jason and that somehow Michelle was behind this. Jason Ray sent one email saying, Ian doesn't love you. Get out of the picture. Michelle is his one true love. Like, why would Jason be saying that? I don't know. So this is so fucking weird. It's convoluted, okay? The police were again called to the condo on July 13th. Angela said that there was a man. lurking outside her condo, like watching her house.

Gross. A.k.a. Michelle's house. Yeah. When the police arrived, there was indeed a man out there, except it was a 17-year-old kid who was, he told the police, like, openly that he was responding to that Craigslist ad, and he showed the police the ad that showed him the address to come to, which was Angela's house. And the ad said she wanted to fulfill, like, this wild rape fantasy.

So the 17-year-old just showed. I know, picture a 17-year-old fulfilling a rape fantasy. There was nothing to say that he got in trouble for that, but it isn't, like, soliciting sex is illegal, yeah? I don't know how, I honestly do not know how, like, all that works on Craigslist and, like, I don't either. If you know anything about that, you know, the dark web and shit, I'm sure is, like, all into that, but, like, I have no idea what the legal ramifications for that would be.

But I also wonder, especially because he was 17. I think that's what made me ask it. Well, that's the thing. There's a lot of weird. Like, you're underage, bro. To me, that seems illegal. I would think so. But I don't know.

I don't know. And I think that they probably had bigger fish to fry. So they were like, you know what? Go home. Yeah. Just go home. Go home. Yeah.

Yeah. This is fucked up anyways. Just go home. So Michelle was arrested the next day, July 14th, because the police believed that she posed a threat to public safety. And especially the safety of Angela, a freaking pregnant lady, you know. Yeah. Yeah, I know. You know?

So all of her devices were seized. through a search warrant, they did it the right way. And she was charged with stalking with a restraining order, stalking with criminal threats, six counts of attempted rape, a violation of PC-22B, which says that any person, it's any person who assaults another with intent to commit mayhem, rape, sodomy, or oral copulation. Also charged with violation of a protective order and crime. Oh, excuse me, and crime. And she was just charged with crime.

She was charged with crime. All the crime. Crime bail enhancement. Okay. I still like crime. Yeah, and crime. We charge you with crime. Crime.

If you have the right to remain silent, you've been charged with crime. We hope to end this with justice. Law and order. So if she were to be found guilty on all of these charges, she faced the possibility of life in prison. Wow. I got thoughts. I don't think that's right. We can wild out at the end.

I just don't think it's right, guys. It's not right. I don't know, but I don't think it's right. I want an IP address. Now, due to the. severity of all these crimes and the belief that Angela was in like great danger, Michelle's bail was set at $1 million. Now, if this was all true, I'd be like, yeah. Well, it is, Elena. I don't think it is. It is. This is just me. I have no idea about this case. It's just guessing.

It's true crime. It's true crime. Here we are. It's morbid of true crime. I think the true crime is occurring on another part of it. I don't know. It's just me. Now, Michelle thought so too. She maintained her innocence. She did. And her parents knew that there was no way that their daughter was behind this. She was intelligent, but like never in a malicious way. Like I said, 85 times already, she was a very meek girl. She was not into mayhem. No, and 90% of the time, like, she had a view of the world that was, like, looked at through rose-colored glasses.

Yeah. She was not. Also, she worked at Disneyland. She wasn't, I mean, and her initial emails to Ian when they were together. Sure. They were, like, laden with some, like, interesting language and, like, writing style. Yes. They did not seem aggressive. They did not seem... They didn't say she was going to harm him in any way. Yeah, it just didn't come off as a violent person. She just said, you're going to have to face God.

And all it seems to me is that she never showed any violent tendencies. No, until now. It seems like they, you know, stopped dating each other and we're like, this is pretty okay. Like, we don't want to be together. I'd just like my money for my condo. So like, usually you're pretty okay. Yeah. If someone's a shithead, you're like, you can go ahead and date someone else. Exactly. Exactly. Yeah. Not this time. No. So, like, her parents are, like, her parents are, were like, this is just not her character, and they were really desperate to help her out in any way they could. The entire time, Michelle was in prison, she wrote letters and was constantly corresponding with her family. They didn't have the money to bail her out and get her an attorney, so they gave her a choice.

They said, we can bail you out or we can get you an attorney, but we can't do both. Yeah. Now, jail was terrifying for her. She received a death threat, like right off the bat because all the papers were circulating about what she get done and while she was in there. Threatening to kill babies too. Exactly. And rape and all that.

Like that's putting you way on the bottom of the pool. Right. Exactly. So she's not having a good time in jail. And she knew she needed a good attorney though. So she was like, you know what? I'm going to tell you to please like get me an attorney and I'm going to stick it out in here for hopefully and hopefully I'll get out soon.

Now, she also became really close with her cellmate who was an elderly woman. And she like really took care of Michelle. She told her, you work. you walk like a church mouse and you need to walk tough if you're going to make it around here what a bad bitch i love it i wonder what she did full circle uh she was being held on charges of kidnapping okay but you know like sometimes that happens when like yeah sometimes that happens and like your daughter-in-law doesn't like you know kidnapping happens but like look at michelle like she didn't do it and yeah i read a statistic that said one in 25 people on death row which like nobody here is on death row

but I read this statistic anyway, are innocent. Oh, yeah. One in 25. Yeah, that's fully believable. Diane Sawyer told me. There you go. Put that on a shirt immediately. Innocence project.

Go look it up. I know it's really cool. Now, Michelle's dad started looking through all the emails and bought a software, Elena, to trace the IP addresses. Okay, thank you. Why the fuck weren't the, like, they weren't. I'm going to get to it. Okay, because I'm like, dear police.

Yeah. Do your job. Well, I think they're like at the beginning, they weren't going to do that because it costs a lot of money. I'm sure to like get the warrants and like send it out. It costs a lot of money to get the actual truth. It does. It's pretty tough. When you can just sit here and look at it and go, you know what? We're going to paint it this way. Right. It's a lot cheaper to do that. Don't worry. They get theirs. I'm annoyed. Now, so her dad, he told Dateline, this was something any 15-year-old web sleuth could do. Exactly. Which is what Elena's telling you as well. So he would do that like all day.

Michelle's mom would file away the addresses and keep them organized, hoping that. somehow they could prove it wasn't their daughter who sent these emails. They also went as far as pulling her school records to prove that she was sitting in class, like working on her MBA when some of these were sent. And they also, I guess she had been in the hospital when one of them was sent and it just like wouldn't have been possible for her to send it. Which is like, are you kidding me? So now the police are also working with like big internet names like Google and Microsoft to do the same thing. But I guess they needed a little more time to back them up than like your everyday software like IP search. But I guess things like that can take months even if you have a search warrant

dealing with companies like Google and Microsoft and everything. It takes a long time. Now in the world's most shocking twist, are you ready? I'm ready. It wasn't just her parents or Google and Microsoft that granted Michelle her like get out of jail not really free card. Ian Diaz also helped. Wow. Right? On September 30th, he went to the Anaheim Police Department, and he told authorities that he believed Michelle was being framed by none other than his wife, Angela Diaz. I mean, because they were together for a while.

They were engaged. And it's like, you know somebody. Exactly. You know, like, if this jives with their character or not. And it's like, this is very far out of how her character. of how her character was. Like, he flip-flopped because in the beginning he was like, well, because she's dangerous and you're going to support your new wife, you know, like, whoever you're with, your new pregnant wife. I've, can I say one more prediction?

No, no, because I immediately. No. Okay, because I'm going to tell you in like two seconds. Let me just say, I won't say what it is, but like, let me just say, I know. I know you know. I know you know. I know you know. My name's Elena. It's the 18th of November and I know. I know. So he told the police. about a long string of lies that he had finally come uncovered. Angela had lied to the police about a miscarriage that she suffered in the beginning of this all. Fuck right off with that. Not okay.

Fuck you. Yep. In a big way. And I think a lot of people listening are also saying, fuck you. Yep. She said that it was due to all the stress that she was experiencing in the beginning of this case. Literally go fuck yourself. That wasn't the truth.

Now, the twins' pregnancy was just a complete lie. Oh, yeah, I knew. I knew that. It's November 18th and Elena. And I knew. Angela had never been pregnant with twins. Of course she wasn't. Ian found out that the sonogram that she had been showing off to him and his family was a fake that she had bought off of Etsy for $7.50.

Okay. I got a couple things. One. Why do those exist? Why the fuck can you buy that on Etsy? I don't know. I guess it's like for a prank, but I don't know why you're pranking anyone that you're pregnant. Here's the other thing.

Here's the other thing. prank. That's what I was going to ask. Was that like a prank thing? If you are one of those people who on April Fool's thinks it's fucking funny to do that I'm pregnancy prank, you're an actual dick if you do that. So if you've done that, question your choices and don't ever do it again. I would never fake, like even as like an April Fool's joke, obviously just because I wouldn't. But also I would never be like, oh, like I'm pregnant, like get so excited and then be like, no, I'm like April Fool's. Like what a weird ass joke. I feel like that'd be very disappointing for someone. Yeah, it's just very strange. It's strange to me. It's just weird. I think Annie would literally be like not talk to me if I did that for me to. John would be furious. It's just a weird thing to do. And it's like, you know, it's just shitty. But we're also talking about a girl that faked cancer. So she doesn't really have a lot of morals.

Honestly, fuck this girl. Oh, you're going to be so mad at the end. Hate her. No, Ian and her separated when he found out that everything was a lie. And actually, he was eventually able to annul their marriage. Because they hadn't been good for him. I don't even think they'd been married a full year. I was going to say. I was going to say. I didn't do the math. It was quick. I was a little distracted with all the emails. Yeah. So all of this new information with the police to look even more into Angela's life. And they found out that she had lied about past employers. She had faked checks to add money that she just hadn't earned. I guess she added like $2,000 to one check that she's just a literal asshole. Just had never earned. Yep. She lied about having a law degree, not just about being an attorney, but having a law degree. It's like if you want a law degree, fucking study. Go get one. pathetic. They even met with the real Jason Rayburn and Angela's old friend Mary, who told them all about the fake cancer. They were like, oh yeah, sit down. Now, to take things even further, the police obtained a search warrant for all of Angela's devices and found out that she had been

sending the emails to herself, as we all know at this point, using a VPN. So that's why it was so hard to track these IPs. And if you don't know what a virtual, or what a VPN is, it's a virtual private network and you can you can hide your IP address the amount of like the efforts she put into this oh I know wow what a sad life sick and here's the thing you can use a VPN go right ahead if somebody wants to find out what you have done on your computer yeah they will find out yeah nothing is safe no the emails had not the emails had not been sent only from like just the condo also they were sent also they were also sent when she was visiting her dad in Arizona. It's like you're supposed to be like on vacation to see your dad. Just sitting on his couch

sending like horrible hate emails to yourself. Pictures of like dead fetuses to yourself. And also how sick are you to just like look at that and like send it to yourself? I just send it to yourself and then act upset about it. Fuck off. Like what? While you're pretending to be pregnant with twins. So sick. Now and most of them were actually sent from her cell phone or in the condo like nine out of ten. Just super casually. Mm-hmm. Officers. way more than they bargained for, though. And more proof that this was a case of, like, at the very least, a pathological liar.

At the very least. I think she was a lot more than that. They found word documents on her computer titled A Darkness Within the Angela Diaz story. And Daughters of God, the Angela Diaz story. Both of these? Which one's the end of the Angela Diaz story? Both of these were pitches to the Lifetime TV network telling the story of her life. Yes. You mean the, so she was literally creating her own lifetime movie. Yes. By doing all this.

With her life. So she was falsifying all this and just being like, well, I'm creating fiction. Yep. With my life. Just a, just a, just fiction in real time. You're all just pawns of. Yeah, you're all just act. You're act in my movie. Now, if you're confused about like the daughters of God, one, one of the emails that she had sent herself referenced the daughters of God. And it was like Michelle telling her that they were both daughters. of God or something. It was weird. Okay. They also found multiple searches for the movie in the book Gone Girl, which this case is like very similar to. I was going to say very similar. And looking over the surveillance cameras in the area, it became clear that there was no attacker lurking in the area that night when she was like supposedly attacked in the garage. It just didn't fully add up that an attacker sent by Michelle would even know where the garage was because the garage wasn't connected to the condo. You had to

walk through an alley to get to the garage. So even if they had her address, like, they would just be attacking a random woman who, like, wasn't actually looking for this. And this wasn't just, like, a crazy person, like, a crazy rapist. This was somebody that was like, kind, like, it was consensual sex. It was some weird. Yeah, like kind of. It was a loophole. Yeah, it was a loophole. So that didn't make any sense. Angela was arrested, finally. Thank goodness. Oh, goodbye. On January 6th, 2017 and she pled guilty to nine or nine months later to ten felony charges. Holy shit. But always fallen on her feet that, Ange. She struck a deal because she pled guilty and was only sentenced to five years in prison. What? Ten felony counts. She almost had this woman thrown in prison for the

rest of her life. Yeah. And committed 10 fucking felonies. That's unreal. She struck a deal and she was only sentenced to five years. So like in five years, Who else's life is she about to ruin to get her lifetime story? Now, Michelle herself spent 88 days in jail, so just shy of three months. Just for have dated and being engaged to the guy that happens to be married to this person. Uh-huh, uh-huh. She ended up getting out of jail on October 7th in 2016, but she still had to wear a GPS tracking ankle bracelet while the police worked out all the details of like finding everything on, like, clearing her completely.

Exactly. Holy shit. She was completely exonerated three months after getting out of jail, but she is not, like, forgiving to law enforcement. And I think it's so justified. I'd be furious. And she's not done with Angela or Ian either. No. In fact, she thinks that Ian knew a lot more than he let on, and he should be in jail, too.

Yeah. She said justice won't be served until he's in jail. You know what? I will say that makes a lot of sense because it seems like he flipped the script when it seemed convenient for him. Exactly. When he got backed into a corner and he didn't see any other way out, he was like, well, and it was like when Angela started lying to him. Exactly. Like it's like, no, he didn't have about Michelle. Like he had nothing else to, to, you know, cover for her. Now are you ready? Another trigger warning coming up for rape. A lot more details of their relationship came out during

this whole email debacle. Ian and Michelle's. Ian and Michelle's relationship, yes. But no one would listen to her and asked why she hadn't reported the abuse that she experienced beforehand. My favorite. question. That's good. And they acted like it was just a convenient thing for her to make up now. So in all reality, Ian was a fucking monster to Michelle. It turns out that he had been forcing her to have sex with strangers while he filmed it from another room. What the fuck? Yep. But honestly, those red flags you were throwing at me with all that shit made so much sense. It's so sad. The first man that she agreed to do this with because he had just broken her down, it was on Valentine's Day. And Michelle says that she believes that he found this specific man on Craigslist.

Oh, 100%. So it's like, I think. It's all full circle. So, yeah, I'm going to say everything that I think at the end. She felt so shameful about what happened and regretted doing this, but he had, like, people get broken down. Oh, 100%. You can go ahead and say that, like, well, she did it.

Like, she or like, I wouldn't do that. Like, you don't know. You don't know. You don't literally no idea. She's being abused. are masters at their craft. Exactly. They are masters at it.

And they are also in it for the long con. And they will stick around to make sure that they get you where they want you and keep you there nowhere out. And just like push you further and further into the ground. Absolutely. So she went to him and she was like, I feel like disgusting about that. Like I don't ever want to do that again. Like I don't want that to be part of our relationship.

Yeah. I know that's something that you want, but I'm not okay with it. Yeah. And he looked at her. and he said no one was holding a gun to your head. And it's like, well, you kind of were. Like, you figuratively, you were. Exactly.

And it's also like, she's coming to you and telling you like, you know, we tried that. And I don't want to do that. Like, you should be like, you know what? If that's your thing and you both consented to it and like one of you decided, you know what, that's not for me anymore, then that's okay. Right. You tried it. You decided no. Because if you're in a healthy relationship, that's what would have happened.

Communication is. Right. Communication is key. Michelle also remember trying to leave Ian on one occasion where he restrained her and pushed her down onto a bed and did not allow her to get away. That's horrifying. So she said the initial emails that she sent to him were sent while she was suffering PTSD from their relationship. Yeah. And she won't comment on like the religious language or anything.

It seems as though she's just a little bit embarrassed by that. And honestly, she doesn't, you know, I'm not a religious person. I think everybody knows that. I've stated that before. Neither of us are. But I'm not going to judge other people for it. And it's also like, she doesn't have to explain that. No, she doesn't have to.

If that's what she was believing at the time, it wasn't, it wasn't violent rhetoric. It wasn't threatening. It was just, it was using, you know, and she was, like you said, she was going through a PTSD moment at the time, too, which is going to heighten any kind of belief system you have, I assume that might be part of it is like just making it more of something to hold on to. And this, I mean, we all know what he did to her now. Yeah.

She has a right to feel exactly how she wants to feel. Even what you need to believe in, girlfriend. To get through it. Exactly. And you and I both are big proponents of it's really, I think it's gross when personal things like that come out, like private conversations. Yeah. I just, I don't love that. Like when text messages come out and fights between people. Exactly. When people will use text messages against each other in like public fights. It's like, no, you had that conversation like personally. Right. It's just not cool. So she ended up suing the city of Anaheim and. both Angela and Ian for false imprisonment among 15 other violations. Damn. Isn't that nuts? Holy shit. There's also some interesting evidence against Ian. Now, all of it's like very circumstantial, but if the circumstance fits, swear it.

Yeah. So his work records do show that he was working and he wasn't home when a lot of the emails were sent. But that's not an airtight alibi for him because he self-reports his hours. Oh. So that doesn't make any sense. And he easily could have doctored them or asked Angela for a little help and doctoring anything. Surveillance cameras that could have shown him at work were never checked.

Oh, so that's cool. Convenient. Detective Michael Cooney, I think is how you say it, testified that Ian had actually sent him an email during a time that he was working and was not supposed to have had access to a computer. Oh, so there you go. Now, I don't know about his cell phone because obviously he could have used a cell phone. For sure. But like maybe technically they're not supposed to use.

use it at work. Yeah, and sometimes you have to have like an encryption on your cell phone for work email. Yeah, especially I know my work does that. He's like a law enforcement officer. So, the same detective also testified that Ian admitted to keeping copies of all of Michelle's computer files. Huh. Weird. And on top of that, this is like a kicker. Ian's cell phone was never checked in this investigation. And when investigators did ask about it, he told them that he gave his mother his cell phone and that she had moved to Idaho. Yeah, that'll get any, that'll get law enforcement off your back. It's like, I gave it to my mom and she moved to Idaho with it.

It's now a potato. Sorry. My cell phone is now a potato. It's now a potato. Like, you're stupid, Ian. So I guess nobody did anything about that. Now, Michelle's lawyers argue that Ian repeatedly enforced fellow officers to put her behind bars. And he, like, would ask, like, is there a way to put her in cuffs tonight?

Like, can we get this done? right now. Like, it was weird. He was like, calm down. He was pushing it. He also lied to the police about Michelle's character and led them to believe that she had, quote, criminal tendencies. What? Meanwhile, she didn't have a single spot on her record at all. And according to OC Weekly.com, the judge sympathized with her and recognized Ian's rape fantasies and controlling behavior. And, like, did recognize that. And obviously, obviously agreed that she was a victim of false imprisonment. But also, seemed to side with Ian a little bit and said Diaz's arrest-inducing communications with police were unquestionably protected from civil liability. Wow. Because of his like rank as a police or yeah,

US Marshall. Wow. Now according to BuzzFeed news, Michelle moved to New York City with her sister to get the fuck out of California. Yeah. And she never saw a dime from Ian after he ended up selling the condo for $499,000. What the fuck? She never saw a dime. No justice. And she could use the money because while she was in jail for three months, she wasn't able to pay her bills and her parents paid a million dollars for her, like, defense attorney. And so she got into a ton of debt that she's still paying off. Oh, my God. I know. Now she has...

What a terrible ending. I know. She has a new job and she didn't say anything to BuzzFeed about being awarded money in this lawsuit that she has against them. And it seems like her final goal is just to use her experience to do some, or quote, use her experience to do something. about the blue wall of silence. Yeah. So, BuzzFeed News also reports that Michelle's family, I wanted to leave you like with something happy, was able to pay for an attorney for her elderly cellmate who was so kind to her.

Oh my God, I die. Because I didn't find anything that said that she like didn't do her crime, but I'm sure they grew close and Michelle like knows the incident else. Yeah, like knows what the. I thought that was so cute. Oh my God. That's adorable. I thought that was like the sweetest thing.

Now Michelle finished her BuzzFeed interview by telling them. The girl with the optimistic view is still in there somewhere, but now there's another part of her that says, quote, careful, careful, because people are dangerous. Yeah. The world is dangerous. Yes. The end. We are here to agree with you. Is that not banana? Holy shit. Like what? That's truly outrageous. That is true crime. That's true crime. And nobody died, but I was like, I have to tell this one it because it's so strange. A lot of people's credibility. died through that whole thing. Yeah, seriously. And she said, she was like, I used to see, like, and her parents said, like, she used to see the world through rose-colored girl glasses, but she was like, she was like, like, she was like, her and her family's trust in law enforcement, unfortunately, is very skewed now. Of course. I mean, she was falsely imprisoned. Yeah, of course. Eighty-eight days in prison for something you literally had nothing to do with. So almost three months, and then after that,

she had to wear that GPS tracker. Just so they could clear everything. And she, She went to them because they like weren't taking it off for like a while and she went to them because they told her while she was out and had that tracker on like don't talk to any publications or anybody and she was like I am going to go to every like big publication that you can think of if you don't take this off of me. Yeah. Like I'm clearly not guilty. Absolutely. Yeah. Holy shit. So nuts. That was a doozy. And I feel like they were doing that to distract from the fact that they only had so much time to either like get a different mortgage for the condo or split the profits with her. Yeah, that makes sense. And like I said, she never saw a dime. So I feel like that was the

part of the motive. But I also think that Angela is just a very sick person. Oh yeah. No, there's, yeah, there's something very off there. So strange. Holy shit. To like write down that you want to have like your lifetime story be told. But then you're all you're just like creating it. By ruining people's lives. It's just, it's so bizarre. Like, she was going to put that woman in jail for the rest of her life just so she could have a lifetime movie about it and be like, look, I'm a survivor. Right.

I was like, fuck you, you're not a survivor. I know. I wish there could be a lifetime movie about what actually happened, but I feel like it'd be so rude because she would love it. Oh, yeah, she would absolutely love it. And it's like, hello, what is she going to do when she gets out? Oh, my God. Five years.

That's it. That's horrifying. That's real scary. And what, so she must be getting out like now. Yeah, I think she was sentenced in 20, 17, don't quote me. So like next year or the year after. I just closed my notes, but she's getting out. Holy shit. Yeah. And she has a plea deal. So like, wow, Angela, you're the worst. Yeah, you suck. The absolute worst. Don't email me. And so is your like deadbeat husband,

Ian. Yeah. He's disgusting. And I think there's a lot more to that story. Oh, they're gross. So nasty. Wow, guys. So yeah, keep it weird. Totally. Definitely not that weird. Do not keep it that weird. If you want to see some pictures, uh, we could post some on our. Instagram at morbid podcast. Hit us up on Twitter at a morbid podcast. Send us a Gmail. Morbidpodcast at gmail.com. We'll know what IP address it comes from. Yeah, we will. And we hope you keep listening. And we hope you keep it weird. But not so weird that you try to destroy everybody's life around you by pretending to have cancer and then breaking up with your boyfriend because like he doesn't believe that you have cancer and then doing everything wrong in the world. Bye.