Murdered Wife 'Testifies' From Beyond the Grave

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

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