Nashville Couple Murdered to Cover Up Married Rich Man’s Affair

A Tennessee couple was found dead inside their car in a ditch outside Nashville in March 2020. Holly Williams and William Lanway were shot to death. Investigators then uncovered damning evidence of the murders, including text messages between the victims and a wealthy auto executive named Erik Maund. Law&Crime’s Elizabeth Millner breaks down the evidence that led detectives to Williams and Lanway’s killers.
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[@LawAndCrime]

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[@Epati84]

So an affair would embarrass him with his family but murder wouldn’t … wow

[@temporaryonesix]

don't be daft - he's obviously counting on the murder to go unsolved

[@Bri-nc8yp]

@@temporaryonesixunsolved in this day and age is almost impossible especially with cameras everywhere and DNA evidence. If you gonna commit crimes just be prepared for them to catch you.

[@Skitdora2010]

@@temporaryonesix Killer is daft, crime needs to occur in deep blue cities/states to go unsolved like Chicago and NY. A blue city in a red state won't cut it.

[@jaysaget1280]

He didn't want to pay alimony.

[@ShugaAnnSpyce]

These folks are clearly not into true crime! They'd know that they will not get away with this stuff! It's always gonna come to light!

[@YouKnowMyName.NotMyStory1221]

Its baffling that people would rather take the chance of going to prison for life vs. getting a divorce. Mind blown!

[@leifkemp]

Imo, it wasn't a divorce he was trying to avoid. It was the fact someone would extort you. Not gonna lie, someone comes at me like that, I can't say I wouldn't do the same...

[@CrystaleMethe]

@@leifkempDon’t do things you’re worried about people finding out and you’ll be ok 😊

[@meshelle643]

Doesn't look like he has the common sense for that 🤪His comment suggests he's ignorant ​@@CrystaleMethe

[@thanos34362]

either way he still loses his job

[@MA-rc7tq]

Exactly!

[@JF-cd5hc]

Dude paid over 1M for this. He could have just told his wife. What a goof.

[@sommerjade.thepoet]

@@JF-cd5hc my sentiments exactly. He did all that to keep her from finding out, only for her to find out the worst way possible.

[@jakestroll6518]

He was trying to avoid an expensive divorce and having to pay out alimony, probably. I don’t believe he was hiding it from her for love coz he is clearly incapable of loving anyone. This was all about saving money and he still ended up losing all the money.

[@lottoo5693]

divorce is more expensive if ur rich

[@nbaoldgirl]

Yeah, I probably would’ve stayed if he confessed but that’s me 😂

[@KidVolcano]

Yeah, but his wife could potentially take 1/2 in divorce

[@LoveDayandAge]

They got killed for extorting him. Everyone in this scenario is a criminal.

[@SashiCat96]

Except is wife who I'm pretty sure filed for a divorce faster than he could say "I'm sorry, honey."

[@baptistangel3]

Agreed

[@Long_live_Da_Bully]

Exactly

[@user-ll6zn3xv9v]

Yup. Nobody is innocent.

[@praxym9293]

True

[@pandabear7426]

Just leave your wife and do what you want. Instead of ruining your life.

[@melhopkins9640]

He rather pay them then to pay half to his wife

[@labelledujour5855]

Stupidity

[@boop79]

And hers

[@matildagreene1744]

He may have been successful appearing but was a loser with a double life.

[@DramaMustRemainOnTheStage]

His life? Who cares. What about the two families that suffer because he wanted to hire a ho

[@imjoekang]

He tried to avoid being scammed only to get scammed by his hitmen.

[@AuntLALA]

I kinda chuckled at the irony of it 😊

[@dialac1]

And it was the same $25,000 coming back to haunt him. The irony

[@ma2janael]

​@@dialac1shiiiiiittt I didn't think about that

[@shanebarker3131]

Lie down with dogs

[@HingleMacCringleberry]

and the irony of a hitman calling an extortionist a criminal

[@nasthegoat1488]

Hitmen pulled the exact same extortion plan on him and now all of a sudden he doesn’t care about the same 25k he could’ve used to pay her off?? Now he’s 175k deeper and his fate is sealed. Can’t write it any better 😂😂

[@vincedidiana5781]

Any day

[@Johnny.Natural]

@@nasthegoat1488 he's convinced they come back for more so it's not the money he cares about he wants the problem gone permanently

[@Ch4rlz_ThA_Princ3]

"Poetic justice... put in a song... alright! 🎶 " 😂

[@yeetmama]

​@@Ch4rlz_ThA_Princ3They all got poetic justice. I don't like how the people in the comments seem to be giving pity and excuses for the trash couple either. They made their beds.

[@my_demise]

He wired another $900k to them over the next year for the solid they did him. He was more than $1 million into it

[@mollynash2597]

It seems it would have been easier to just tell his wife himself.

[@thegoober8797]

It seems like the usual suspects

[@user-sb3sn8di1s]

@@thegoober8797 🤣🤣😂😂😂

[@kellywark5149]

You would think so....

[@yevheniia5665]

No, as if she left he would loose kids and 50% of assets. Too greedy.

[@karentracy9657]

@@yevheniia5665 Yet now he’s lost one hundred percent.

[@Cocobelly]

….so now she knows you cheated and you’re an evil psychopath. Nice one 👍🏻

[@jonnyv5428]

Now, she gets to keep all the money instead of receiving alimony 😅

[@Bri-nc8yp]

@@jonnyv5428as she should… he put her health at risk messing with escorts. She deserve every penny for the foolishness

[@blueseptember2174]

His wife dodged a bullet 😳

[@theneontiger5280]

Dirty is as dirty does....when you roll around in filth-you get filthy.

[@Tgspartnership]

exactly

[@DramaMustRemainOnTheStage]

All your money can't a moment buy

[@fernosview]

Are you talking about the escort and the husband that tried to blackmail.. or the millionaire? Or both

[@poppyfields7375]

its 2024, all that roll in dirt crap is pretty closed minded ,i mean is it DIRTY for him to buy people or DIRTY to be rich enough to kill people? He moved so easliy to murder he has always been dirty.

[@raptorlover004]

Im with you on both blackmail someone and find out how far you'll push someone​@@fernosview

[@FasterFaster196]

Blackmailing is a dangerous game.

[@MikeStrup-rq4mn]

That couple deserved it. They weren't hurting for money.

[@cdx451]

@@FasterFaster196 Yep!

[@pixi2209]

Exactly. 🤷🏻‍♀️

[@BryanNelson-p8w]

Simply

[@DeEmperor1]

So is murder.

[@limiwa]

Well if the wife didn't know before she definitely does now 🙄

[@melhopkins9640]

Every thing n the dark comes to the light

[@chiefs5822]

Oh he would her killed her if he thought she was any threat! these men could care less

[@NatzTalk]

😂😂😂right

[@fredricksenmcbit4769]

So instead of paying 25 thousand dollars to the prostitute and her boyfriend, he instead payed 400 thousand to have them murdered and now he is going to prison for the rest of his life! You know this rich guy didn’t earn his money!

[@WithoutRemorse12]

He hired mercenaries. He should of hired private investigators.

[@motives88]

this was about ego... not his wife finding out.

[@monster0_0]

Don't forget the over 900 thousand that he sent during the year

[@TXbornTNpaid615]

25k at first, with NO GAURENTEE of them holding up their end of the deal..

[@rmtsdelight3773]

Seriously! You think you should just pay someone blackmailing you? I believe they took their chances when they started this game! I guarantee they have tried it to many other people! Some people will take there life faced with being exposed whether it right or wrong so that is a pretty bad act they are committing!

[@4dLoveOfSoccer]

Getting blackmail by the killers, who killed the initial blackmailers? classic! 🤣

[@rillyjo5810]

Right. The security guy calling a year later for more money is crazy. Wtf the guy found out who paid lol. Rofl

[@charmingcharmaine926]

He ordering hits like he is ordering a happy meal 🤦🏿‍♀️ dang

[@Nathanielbrant14]

Literally!!

[@msswart9119]

So casual, it's unreal

[@nbaoldgirl]

It’s probably easier to order hits these days and the hit and McDonald’s are almost the same price 😂😂😂

[@allaboutrap1]

😂😂😂

[@HJBR86]

Savage

[@shawnrhem2721]

Third option would have been to have the blackmailer arrested for blackmail/extortion.

[@dontbelongherefromanother]

Yup, but he didn't want his deeds exposed to the public. However, they are now exposed, and he's lost everything, including his freedom and wealth.

[@haxguy0]

I think taking part in prostitution is illegal so he would have been admitting to a crime. But yeah I get you. Literally doing anything else would have been better than what this psycho did

[@strongfoot2009]

Screwing an escort is not a big deal. Donald Trump did it with filthy Stormy Daniel. Boys will be boys and HORNY.

[@KimberlyBishh]

When these things happen it's possible to keep it quiet... He didn't think of anything but the stupidest plan.

[@strongfoot2009]

@@KimberlyBishh : The root of this issue is the extortion.

[@ShellLC3]

Don’t blackmail, don’t murder, don’t cheat, live honest & simply.

[@pixi2209]

Exactly. 👍

[@Cool7216bp]

The fact that they are having this conversation 🙄 on the phone is ridiculous.

[@kingalainc1]

Uhhh the middle man was working as an informant which is why he made it so obvious

[@mariatorres9789]

​@@kingalainc1I wouldn't even consider that a 'hit job'. The caller is the one that kept pressing to kill somebody, & eventually, the guy agreed.

[@8_bruh_8]

It’s hard to feel sorry for any of these losers.

[@KimberlyBishh]

seriously, they are all losers !

[@catchmybreak]

Yepp lol the world needs less of ALL the awful people in this case

[@katebullock4206]

Exactly👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻

[@beachs7210]

Absolutely agree!

[@nbaoldgirl]

Well said

[@MC-xv3eu]

Their screams were haunting! Surprised no neighbors heard!

[@barbrothers2]

who cares? i've never seen a pair of worse victims. the neighbors probably wouldn't have cared either, maybe they wanted the prosty off their block.

[@skyhawk4946]

Well, that's what you get when you blackmail people. She could have just moved on to the next John, but she and the boyfriend had to be greedy. Lesson learned the hard way.

[@praxym9293]

​@@skyhawk4946I couldn't agree more.They brought it upon themselves

[@mdcs1992]

Haunting? Naaah Funny!

[@nobleallen8217]

@@skyhawk4946 thank you

[@jonlloyd3020]

So he still got blackmailed both ways 😂

[@christopherclark4006]

EXACTLY! Lmao he isn’t that bright lol😂

[@pixi2209]

But his wife didn't know about his cheating.

[@Eyesofthebeholder214]

These fools watched to many B Movies. Now the rich dude is in jail and his wife is spending all his money. And his children have a father that committed murder. Wow he really thought he could get away with it. Unbelievable

[@strongfoot2009]

Why do you not blame the filthy ones who tried to extort him for the rest of his life?!.

[@nataliasicilia]

@@strongfoot2009 ok weirdo💀

[@rickchristie99]

I smell a prozzy!!

[@WithoutRemorse12]

​@@strongfoot2009The boyfriend was degenerate and so was the hier of the car bussiness fortune.

[@thegaulbegaul]

Watched too many B movies and not enough Forensic Files.

[@thebeasters]

Did he not think they couldn't track his bank transactions? Lol

[@BryanNelson-p8w]

It befuddles me

[@cdelane3335]

So crazy. He would rather have people killed, than tell his wife the truth. End up ruining everybody's lives anyway.

[@tchris8561]

Exactly. It's so crazy. Who knows, maybe his wife would have forgiven him. Worst case scenario is divorce and gives up half his assets. His life would still go on and he continues to make money. Now his life is in complete ruin forever. Oh well.

[@Mariefrancegrsce]

Why so scared of his wife.? Wife needs to loosen up a little bit.

[@user-ll6zn3xv9v]

The people blackmailing him wasn't innocent either. All was foolish.

[@praxym9293]

They were going to extort him for life.

[@purplelove3666]

​@@Mariefrancegrscewould you say that to a man who had a cheating wife, have some decency

[@KimberlyBishh]

" these guys are professionals.."😂😂😂😂😂

[@ctrlaultdel6608]

Look like their first time.

[@niningsetia4213]

😂😂😂hungeregames, da In our like YM projection 😂😂😂

[@princesssegrest7843]

The 90 minutes was not worth it!!! Practice self control folks!

[@HereComesTheDay]

The deal with the devil. You always lose in the end.

[@Brotha00]

Republicans

[@CynicalDelight69420]

​@@Brotha00the lameness that exudes from you is insane

[@omosehin79]

well its not even the 90 minute but choosing murder over divorce is insane....people cheat but don't go ahead to commit murder...

[@ImoniFatty]

@@Brotha00the party of family values 😂

[@The_Grand_Duchy_of_America]

It might have been simpler to let the initial blackmailer know that she'd be reported to the authorities for prostitution and blackmailing if she went ahead with the expose.

[@melhopkins9640]

You are so right

[@stormygal67]

But that would mean that he would have to come forward and admit to engaging in prostitution, which is what he was hiding from his wife. She would then become aware of his activities and apparently that possibility was worth spending the rest of his life in prison, rather than admit the circumstances to his wife. I wonder what he’d choose to do now, if he were aware of how it would play out.

[@YouKnowMyName.NotMyStory1221]

@The_Grand_Duchy_of_Illinois and it turned out to be the boyfriend who did the blackmailing...the gf (prostitute) supposedly didn't know until after. He took her phone and messaged the guy. Crazy!

[@eliethesaiyan]

If the money was not paid,the police would laugh at both of them and do nothing

[@The_Grand_Duchy_of_America]

@@stormygal67 Well he would only have to admit if the prostitute and her pimp were willing to risk also admitting and serving time which I don't think they'd be willing to do.

[@Bunnybella765]

Make it make sense. He shelled out as much for the hit than the blackmailers wanted. And lost his freedom, wife and life.

[@user-rc3pk4xy6r]

Almost 4x as much

[@Shane_Conrad]

It’s not about the money. The guy was loaded. It was he knew if he gave them the 25k, they could still tell his wife or keep demanding money. He even said to the hitman the 25k wasn’t a big deal as if it was just gas money.

[@DAL3-fd7wy]

​@@Shane_Conradthis is crazy, he don't have a guy to handle his women business?? I thought when your at that level just get them to sign some paper.. life work gone, jail wife remarry with all your life's work and the kids fatherless

[@WithoutRemorse12]

He and boyfriend were both degenerates. He had money and an image to protect.

[@motives88]

this was about ego... not his wife finding out.

[@DarkoProductions]

These guys thought they were living in the Sopranos.

[@kinfolk565]

Right On DarkoProductions. T.V. is The Worst Drug in the World. They Get Hook on Programs Like Sopranos.

[@selecttravelvacations7472]

It’s an apartment and nobody heard that?!

[@karencaldwell4314]

@@selecttravelvacations7472 my thoughts exactly 🤔

[@FeliciaStands]

Exactly 😢

[@sinatra222]

I've lived in an apartment complex before. You learn how to tune out the noise.

[@jaimetenaCITY]

Those were loud screams for a solid minute!?!?!? Weirddd

[@fo7743]

@@sinatra222very cold of you…

[@TT-vx2wr]

So the truth comes out about your affair, and add to that murdering two people and enlisting 3 other men to become killers. Gross.

[@moon2019-z7p]

He could've just told his wife a sob story. Lonely hotel room. Far from home. Moment of weakness. She might've forgiven him and none of this would've ever happened.

[@chelseamiranda6651]

Too much money at stake. If he cheated and they got a divorce, he probably would've lost everything. Cheaper to do what he did, but he ended up losing everything anyway and so much more.

[@user-wg3gy7sy9z]

Maybe it was Memphis

[@y2ksurvivor]

​​​@@chelseamiranda6651lol probably not cheaper at all, nice movie script tho!

[@chelseamiranda6651]

@y2ksurvivor lol tell me you're broke without telling me you're broke lol Clearly, you don't know much about how divorce works. Especially when millions of dollars are involved.

[@mini_skinny0296]

You tell her the story, next thing she says - "give me your phone" and she starts reading messages and stuff.

[@chudydanny245]

The way these monsters posing as men casually discussing about killing someone as if its like buying a piece of furniture is frightening.

[@heidipienaar1892]

All this because one man cant keep his pants zipped up.

[@nbaoldgirl]

Yep 🎯🎯🎯

[@refinnej5302]

We could go even further and blame greed. Maybe if she hadn't offered up her services he wouldn't have cheated on his wife.b

[@2sides_2everystory]

All this when she could've gotten an education and not made a career out of spreading it nice & wide for married men then blackmailing them afterwards. Crazy how CHOICES work isn't it? Lmao

[@bunnicula3221]

​@@2sides_2everystory Supply and Demand. If men could zip up their pants, then there would be no place for women to sell their body.

[@AidaShawJ.D.]

😂😂😂😂

[@luvlay1]

Husbands love your wives! Do right by your wives. Even when no one is looking…..Simple!

[@strongfoot2009]

Some extra spices do not hurt anyone. Enjoy. Lol.

[@fredflinstone6601]

And vice versa

[@KimberlyBishh]

Thanks❤

[@luvlay1]

@@fredflinstone6601 definitely!!

[@luvlay1]

@@strongfoot2009 not at the expense of one’s life. Nothing destroys one’s life more than a lack of discipline.

[@emmanueltrejo4226]

That escalated soooooooo quickly.

[@SashiCat96]

😂😂😂

[@zedmak]

He could just stay single and that way he would be able to do as he pleases.

[@Nrl_renovations817]

Who talks on the phone about murder for hire

[@freetheworld2671]

At least he didn't put it on video 😂

[@kingalainc1]

Someone who is working as an informant

[@dercioferreira6169]

Mind blowing that you'd rather face life in prison than a divorce.

He has money, whose to say his wife would have divorced him..

[@raptorlover004]

He had pure hatred rich or not he would of done this people get backed into a corner when blackmailed and will do extreme things

[@StraightFelon]

He has money, so his wife could get half of it, millions probably, since he cheated. Idk if they had a prenup or what tho

[@yamirahernandez6503]

Right🙄

[@uqox]

I wasn't even involved, and I'm squirming, and he's just sitting there listening to a woman get murdered without any response. Coldblooded.

[@leesteal4458]

Who was sitting where?

[@user-ll6zn3xv9v]

Don't blackmail people.

[@ErehErehGaming]

bro should be less worried about hiring escorts and more worried about getting his eyes leveled

[@IwonyoulostLOL]

Some people have eye problems like that, genius

[@dvo9882]

I never knew that would be a problem. I never seen anybodys eyes like that before 💀😂

[@evalynlopez4698]

😅

[@Certifiedlovergiirl]

@@IwonyoulostLOL probably was a joke but still True

[@shirleyashanti3031]

Or an STD picked up from his infidelities. Typical car salesman??

[@geegums28]

The blackmailers died for their greed, this whole thing there is no winner, he got screwed by hit man, lost his family and end up in jail all this from one sin adultery.

[@jakestroll6518]

He lost his family for many sins, including murder.

[@kentwoodpd843]

Men do that all the time, get a child outside of their marriage but don't revert to murder for hire!

[@nadagabri5783]

@@jakestroll6518ikt this commenter is a little thick

[@BigfootVsDuck]

He also paid $1,000,000 to hitmen, instead of $25,000 to the blackmailers 🤦

[@mrobertsbeck]

Nobody said he is smart 😅

[@ctrlaultdel6608]

He did it for future blackmailers. Now he won’t get blackmailed anymore though.

[@strongfoot2009]

He did not want to be their financial slave forever!. This is the result of trying to extort people.

[@KimberlyBishh]

Rich dont make you smart!😂

[@acurry722]

They would have never stopped lol, he would have been paying them forever

[@shelleyagua2864]

You disgraced your beautiful family. Was it worth it?

[@haxguy0]

Agreed what a shame

[@ChrisFord-wh1gl]

Beautiful family? His spoiled rich boy probably a psycho POS like his daddy and moms got her vodka Percocet and Xanax

[@nbaoldgirl]

Best comment

[@WIZZYDAN]

The family would've probably done the same thing for him

[@motives88]

this was about ego... not his wife finding out.

[@jakestroll6518]

For sure. Women over use the term narcissist for any boyfriend who broke their heart. THIS is what a true narcissist is. He’d rather murder than be bested.

[@nbaoldgirl]

@@jakestroll6518No this is a malignant narcissist. There are true narcissists who don’t commit murder.

[@motives88]

@@jakestroll6518 you are right

[@TerriMagoo]

Yep

[@Ilove2teach52]

How did no one hear her screams😢😢

[@whartonitec1041]

It’s an apartment building. Everyone mind their own businesses.

[@yeetmama]

Are we supposed to feel sorry for her?

[@motives88]

they prob did

[@LegendLength]

@@yeetmama of course it was beyond evil what they did to her

[@hazybeatz1327]

​@@LegendLengthwell buddy people die like this every day. Are we really supposed to feel sad 24/7 for people we don't even know? Feel sorry for your own family that died

[@russellhixson1692]

So the victims weren’t victims they were scammers. You know what they say f around and find out. They found out. I have zero sympathy for them.

[@daequonandrews2364]

Same

[@excellent1764]

Same

[@Itshotaf]

Agreed

[@StandlyRichards25]

Prime example of f around and find out. Don’t try to do someone dirty if you can’t handing the repercussion!

[@courtneesdad]

I was getting on here to say the same thing.

[@thatswhatshesaid6326]

Ditto! That was the first thing that came to mind 🤷‍♀️

[@jenniferscott375]

Bingo

[@Skywatchers]

Exactly

[@Ugh_mommy]

Huh the cheater started this all first. Honestly I feel bad for no one. But extortion doesn’t equal death. Just like cheating doesn’t justify or equal to death either. People are over emotional and erratic these days because we aren’t taught any self control or emotional control.

[@NSmith-qn2sb]

Someone once said that drug dealers usually leave their profession by death or prison. I think its the same for prostitutes, sadly

[@yungglo4573]

prostitution is full of trouble

[@jerseyraider9618]

So is marriage

[@TaigaShaman]

So is life

[@mrobertsbeck]

So true. They become victims of violence so often. And a lot more than in normal life OR marriage

[@strongfoot2009]

@@jerseyraider9618 : You are INSANE to compare marriage to prostitution.

[@mrobertsbeck]

@@strongfoot2009 scared of how he treats his wife

[@lena4858]

Wow he spent all that money for the hit on her, he could have just paid her off

[@breezymama]

Damn that’s so true

[@garyhenry2546]

She Tried to play The Wrong guy

[@OhhOk]

She would have just asked for more money later on. If it worked once, why not do it again. The secret doesn't expire, so they would keep using it. Scammers/blackmailers don't see something successfully work, then just stop. They do it again and again.

[@crazychase98]

It's the principle of the matter

[@laceyfontenot186]

Then the hit man tried to extort him for 25k and he agrees to pay $150,000 to "take care" of the hitman 🤦‍♀️

[@bigrayskitchen6803]

Why would you use your real name and phone number when hiring an escort??

[@mrobertsbeck]

Legit 😂

[@applejuicejunkie316]

Verification purposes. Escorts don't want a bunch of phony information in the interests of their safety.

[@IntoTheRealm]

Prostitute or street walker... Escort makes them seem like they are some type of professional

[@KimberlyBishh]

BECAUSE THEY'RE PROFESSIONALS!!!😂😂

[@barbrothers2]

A lot of men do. some escorts require identification ahead of booking. I know a guy who would see escorts, pay them through venmo (on private) then continuously scour their venmo pages for other people who paid the girls, many of them left the transaction public. he'd then go to through their venmo to get as much information and figure out who they are. If they had a girlfriend or wife, he would blackmail them, but he would start off small with like a grand and then steadily increase it once the people were already invested. eventually it just gets too much and they stop replying, he never actually exposed any of them once they stopped paying though.

[@lena4858]

OMG and he still got extorted in the end!!! Karma always wins!!

[@michaeldelagarza5647]

When small time crooks meet a real life villain

[@2sides_2everystory]

FAFO in real time. They messed with the bull, now they're in an urn or 6 feet under.

[@iamgabelle4553]

I don’t think he thought the prostitute would stop blackmailing him which is why he opted for murder 2x. His real concern was long term extortion not a 1 time payment from his “when does it stop” conversation

[@leesteal4458]

I see you are trying to justify murder. Smh

[@hdw237]

​​@leesteal4458 it was a logical progression of thought. And unfortunately for most w*ores, many ppl don't cry crocodile tears over their demise.

[@veganandlovingit]

I bet anyone who were previously extorted by this couple are pretty happy now

[@Carl_McMelvin]

The real winners in all of it. 😂

[@thatswhatshesaid6326]

Sounds to me like they messed with the wrong person to blackmail. 🤔

[@remuslupin1199]

Sound to me like blackmail is bad but murder is worse. Nobody deserves to get murdered.

[@hdw237]

❤😂

[@Leo-dw4fx]

They knew they were under threat and still left their house unarmed? Unbelievable.

[@Banana_Lana]

They should’ve called the police and gone to jail for the extortion- probably would have gotten probation.

[@profd65]

How do you know they weren't armed, gun nut? Do you honestly think a criminal is going to give you the chance to draw your weapon? I rarely see a video or hear of a case where a person uses a handgun in true self defense: almost always he uses it to shoot a criminal who's fleeing in the back, or he uses it to "win" a verbal argument or a fistfight.

[@bruble14]

​@@profd65it's called an echo chamber

[@MamaTriedSolo]

​@@profd65ummmm....when they were knocking on her door? Stalking around? A gun would have been QUITE HANDY.

[@D-blaze]

​@@profd65Not true. You need to watch more active self protection.

[@the40yearoldgamer41]

Professionals? Professionals don't get paid through wires "to their personal accounts"... or rent cars in their name let alone at all since they know most rentals have GPS tracking installed that literally traces the exact location of the car 24/7... or leave fingerprints on peoples' door handles... etc etc

[@MalloriaAnn]

I was thinking the same damn thing omg

[@nbaoldgirl]

Preach

[@NickanM]

Exactly.

[@melindabsa8391]

💯💯💯

[@southernbelle1831]

Oh what a tangled web we weave when first we practice to deceive.

[@miniiicooper2214]

Don’t extort people. You never know what they’ll do to not pay up.

[@2sides_2everystory]

Bingo.

[@excellent1764]

Exactly!

[@Voodoovixenn]

Don’t cheat. Don’t extort. Don’t hurt people Simple

[@outdoorsylife4288]

No one heard the screaming 😳

[@princesssegrest7843]

These guys thought they were professionals! 🤦🏽‍♀️ Now sit in jail and rot!

[@estarateta]

These guys were heads of security and worked for high profile clients? That was so sloppy! They didn’t think the police would check phone records? Or to look for or assume they would have cameras?

[@theplayerssociety1295]

This dude was deleting folks like he was ordering Uber

[@paulissus8974]

That was awful, her screams went on and on.

[@TeeDee-j9u]

That's what you get when you criminal thigs especially extortion on a rich man.

[@applejuicejunkie316]

She wouldn't have been screaming had she not been scheming.

[@ATLDimePc]

@@applejuicejunkie316Love this!

[@lisabrightly]

Didn't they?!

[@ChrisFord-wh1gl]

For an hour and a half after the recording. Why did they take her and leave his body there. They had to have been having some type of something with her.

[@shirl974]

Psychopaths 😮

[@ccjdis]

Sociopaths.

[@rrgggser56]

Cyclepaths. 😮

[@nbaoldgirl]

@@rrgggser56🚵‍♀️

[@user-is6de8pp7k]

@@ccjdisPsychopaths

[@61Paul]

How terrifying! And it went on for so long. I think I'll puke now. What evil a**holes!

[@courtneesdad]

She was just as evil. Took money from him and got greedy. She brought that on herself

[@Tryme-kya]

@@courtneesdadI was thinking this same thing. They started blackmailing people and she’s so scared she can’t even answer the door…wasn’t worth it at all

[@chandraverlie6352]

​@@courtneesdadYeah sometimes these crimes are just a bunch of scumbags that all end up killing each other and there are no truly innocent victims.

[@yeetmama]

They were ALL evil. I dont feel sorry for the dead couple either

[@yayay9789]

​@@yeetmamaoof that's a bit cold. I dunno that audio was brutal. 😮

[@nolabae]

Sad all around. No excuse at all but seems like blackmailing was their hustle that caught up to them and cost dearly. This married dude prob didn't want wife to find out because she would take half but that would have been the better option.

[@TitaniumTurbine]

Better option and ultimately the lesson here is, get a pre-nuptial agreement and if your SO doesn’t agree with one, then move on - they just want your money.

[@bjbrown]

Half is better than nothing. That prison thing must be hurting while the wife is living well. Oops!

[@mikeholmanlovesyou]

how did he NOT know that guy was recording with all those suspicious questions? the second someone says " that shooter in nashville " you say " no idea what youre talking about bud".. and hang up

[@remuslupin1199]

Soon as he says are you alone you say should we talk in person

[@nadagabri5783]

Is he just so arrogant that he could not fathom actually being caught ?

[@isaiah4216]

No one heard all that screaming???

[@ctrlaultdel6608]

They thought she was making love like the other times

[@applejuicejunkie316]

They thought she was working...

[@KimberlyBishh]

I know right ?! In a parking lot ?? I guess it worked nobody heard and nobody saw..worked for about 10 seconds😂

[@nbaoldgirl]

It’s like the story of Gretchen Anthony. She was a respected businesswoman who lived in an affluent Florida neighborhood. She knew her neighbors but when they heard screaming for a long time coming from somewhere on their nice street, they didn’t call the police at all.. The story of Gretchen is on KZbin. I could not BELIEVE her own neighbors on a street that doesn’t hear screaming like that ever-no one called the police. They could have saved Gretchen Anthony 😢

[@b-bopeddie1290]

Don't blackmail people, I don't feel bad for her ....... Her family I do

[@ashleyshoemaker1914]

This is one of the best law&crime has posted in a min.

[@erinmboehm]

I know right

[@angelawatson1594]

They didn't deserve to be murdered but wtf they blackmail a paying customer. What did they expect?

[@Lizzybaby30500]

Thank you

[@Lizzybaby30500]

Her life over cause she wanted to be greedy

[@Sacredauntie]

She didn’t know her boyfriend was trying to blackmail him!

[@2sides_2everystory]

​@@Sacredauntie Yes, she 100% knew.

[@Jerseyboondocks]

​@@2sides_2everystoryNo she did not. It came not later through the police and through other shows that she did not know that her husband or boyfriend was blackmailing the customer for money

[@monicamestas7566]

I think it's hysterical that he's not comfortable driving while talking on his phone but he's totally comfortable having two people killed!!!

[@Leo-dw4fx]

Ultimately the truths still came out and he will die in prison.

[@applejuicejunkie316]

Well, they shouldn't have been blackmailing him; the victims and the hitmen. The sidepiece broke the working girl's code and the hitmen broke the hitmen's code.

[@Leo-dw4fx]

@@applejuicejunkie316 In court FBI showed the boyfriend hacked her phone and blackmailed her client and she had no idea. She was genuinely innocent and wasn't in on it.

[@jovitarich7078]

@@Leo-dw4fx. Wow, poor girl😢. Escorts should not have friends or boyfriends. Maybe they should never be escorts.

[@2sides_2everystory]

​@@Leo-dw4fxThat's not true. She was 100% aware and in on the blackmail. FAFO

[@Ena48145]

Wow, his wife surely was never going to find out this way 🙄

[@ecabrera2]

I love these longer interrogations in the videos! Really gives you an insight …

[@Callitwhatitis]

don't blackmail people

[@2sides_2everystory]

YEP.

[@themac5010]

Lol, “ code of honour “ when has there ever been a code of honour amongst criminals? Now, that s a joke!😂

[@ljavery10]

Something tells me that couple wont be blackmailing john's no more...smh

[@Jerseyboondocks]

What ever gave you that idea? I think so too though

[@ytsux9259]

Instead of upping the blackmailing amount to $50K and signing some sort of agreement, he put out hundreds of thousands to hire kllrs, which almost always never works out.

[@ytsux9259]

Blackmailing is illegal. So if he would tell them to sign an agreement to never blackmail him again or he'll go to the police, I'm sure they won't blackmail again, especially after getting $50K.

[@refinnej5302]

Contracts are only legally binding when they are pertaining to legal issues. You cannot force someone to contract to something illegal and you cannot hold someone liable for breaking a contract that involved illegal activity. Blackmail is illegal. Also, if they decided to ignore the contract, taking it to court would make everything public anyways.

[@marleyhill34]

He eventually paid out a million, HE filed for divorce from his wife anyway and is still sat in prison with no one putting a dime on his commissary because everyone hates him now. His ex-wife, his kids, his brothers and sisters, his parents, aunts and uncles and cousins. He tarnished the family name. They had to sell the entire family business due to the shame and the fact that no one would do business with them any more because their name is associated with a heinous callous murderer.

[@TNRustedRed]

So criminals on both sides,kinda hard to feel sorry for any of them.

[@walterskinner7269]

@@TNRustedRed facts!

[@penelopeb1370]

I thought I was the only one who felt that way.

[@strongfoot2009]

I feel sorry for him and his family BUT not for the hooker and the rest. Extortion is a terrible heinous CRIME.

[@ATLDimePc]

Exactly, no sympathy here.

[@barbrothers2]

@@penelopeb1370 based on the comments, mostly everyone feels this way.

[@1stavitia]

So his wife still found out I assume…

[@bjbrown]

She had some disappointment but when the life policy paid off she and the kids were going to live just fine without him.

[@jamescarroll-banjerbluespr6156]

I mean….do we really feel bad for these two? Sounds like somebody took out the trash.

[@ashley1064]

I have no sympathy for women who sleep with married men than are even more vile to threaten the innocent wife n kids telling them that, not bc u were lied to by the husband about being married but just bc ur a whole who doesn't want to work a real job and either does your man. The "victims" were Trifling. As was the married dude.

[@DueceSig]

“Oh he knows, he knows, don’t worry about that.” Detective has already wrapped this up.

[@Canirishgal]

U f around.. you gonna find out 🤷‍♀️

[@Burrgametate]

Exactly 0 empathy for all these folks

[@kado5835]

Imagine being married to an escort ….

[@CrystaleMethe]

A lot more common than you’d think.

[@applejuicejunkie316]

Look where it got him. 🤣🤣

[@vincedidiana5781]

How much do they charge?

[@ctrlaultdel6608]

They died together like Romeo and Juliet

[@bonusbaby801]

​@@vincedidiana5781, escorts? Depends on if they are working for an escort service or working for themselves. Also, depends on what you are hiring them for as in: Just a date, being arm candy at an event or...adult activities.

[@carrieannkouri2151]

Kudos to the victims for putting up those cameras.

[@shawnsmith11]

Lol she tried extorting people

[@eg_369]

The man was wrong for cheating on his wife, but the couple had no business trying to set him up and extort him. When you do dirt, you better be ready to deal with the circumstances cause you may be messing with the wrong one! FAFO.

[@nalanala5539]

You know sad as it is this is very true. Extortion is always dirty and it never ends well.

[@jakestroll6518]

What you just wrote applies to EVERYONE in this story. They all messed around and found out. In fact it should start with “don’t buy vagina, you might be messing with wrong one”.

[@alondra_missi]

@@jakestroll6518 Nah. The message is "Don't be a cheater, and be careful who you associate with". Way too many true crime and murder trials tied into unfaithful people, or giving strangers too much agency over you. This is a life principal to live by for everyone.

[@so.many.obstacles]

Do y’all not listen? They didn’t extort him, it was her boyfriend only. She didn’t know what was going on.

[@2sides_2everystory]

​@@so.many.obstaclesShe definitely knew her boyfriend was blackmailing him. Stop. Lol

[@adoptacat2877]

The wife and kids probably are left with no money after the crazy husband paid everyone off and hired his lawyers.

[@xenxike500]

When you lay down with dogs long enough you get up with fleas !

[@oceanbreezecaligirl1128]

Wait he paid a million dollars and ended up in jail? He paid 150k then paid 900k over the course of a year or so? So they continued to blackmail him after hired them to “K” his blackmailer?

[@AuntLALA]

The money he put out 😮 that's insane

[@lu45728]

My dog with crazy hearing heard the screams and got freaked out… like he knew what was happening :(

[@margaretwebb389]

I lived in Nashville and grew up there. It’s crazy about how much that town/city has become diabolical!! Saddens me

[@2sides_2everystory]

Mine, too.

[@LoneStarStinger]

Omg YES! I just put headphones in because my dogs started to get agitated and worried. They usually ignore videos so it made me pause after seeing their hair stand up.

[@LoneStarStinger]

Then again, I wasn’t even expecting to hear screams either so maybe the dogs just reacted to me... The man going quiet so quickly was chilling.

[@user-ej8ob9bx7n]

@@margaretwebb389 the murder was sent from Austin Texas so your comment about Nashville isn’t relevant.

[@mrobertsbeck]

DUDE! I bought my first Highlander from him! It was 2010 or 2011. 😮crazy

[@TitaniumTurbine]

There’s several men in this story, are you talking about the rich guy?

[@mrobertsbeck]

@@TitaniumTurbine the Maund guy.

[@nbaoldgirl]

I like those card

[@Garrettguy5]

It’s hard to feel bad for anyone here

[@daequonandrews2364]

Truth be told

[@SaynabYusuff]

I don't understand. So blackmailer wanted 25,000 but he decided to hire Hitman over $100,000. Does that make sense?

[@dawnatkinson7704]

Because how would he know if they wouldn't come back a month later and asked for more and more and more. He should have just come clean with his wife.

[@Jerseyboondocks]

The extortion would have never ended

[@TXbornTNpaid615]

Xing someone out is never cool, but we can't say the couple didn't force his hand.

[@Garrettguy5]

Fr! Bad actions bring bad consequences

[@AustinB.3322]

Damn I have seen this before but not the ring doorbell audio of them being killed.

[@Earthssilhouettes]

Same. I knew of Bill personally and listening to him scream in terror for his life shook me. What I knew of Bill was not this person at all; this shook me as well.

[@AustinB.3322]

@@Earthssilhouettes I have known a lot of scumbags in my day, and almost all of them have tried to hide the fact that they are a p.o.s. from everyone they knew. So that doesn't surprise me at all.

[@2sides_2everystory]

Oddly satisfying. FAFO