WHAT’S IN THE WISCONSIN WATER? (PART 5) - The Murder of Alex Woodworth
The scandalous love triangle that ended in cold-blooded murder.
Ezra McCandless, born Monica Kay, was a free spirited art student living in Eau Claire, Wisconsin.
In the summer 2017, Ezra met Jason Mengel, a 33-year-old National Guard medic. The two quickly fell in love and Jason let Ezra move in with him and his then roommate after only a couple of months. She soon after found out she was pregnant with Mengel’s child, but had an abortion in October 2017.
Ezra first met Alex Woodworth at a local coffee shop. She noticed Alex deeply focused on his writing, and asked him what he was writing about.
Alex Woodworth was a substitute teacher and barista. He was very quiet, soft spoken and generally kept to himself. He had dreams of becoming a professor of philosophy. According to friends, he “always had his head in a book” during free time.
Ezra became romantically involved with Alex behind Jason’s back.
A few months later in February 2018, Mengel went through Ezra’s phone and discovered her relationships with both Woodworth and a second man, who was friends with Jason and who she claimed had sexually assaulted her.
Mengel confronted both men in a very public argument at a coffee shop in Eau Claire.
On February 24, 2018, McCandless sent a text message to Woodworth telling him to not talk to her ever again. McCandless blamed Woodworth for the ending of her relationship with Mengel, though she remained in contact with Mengel.
McCandless allegedly claimed that Woodworth was dealing with “internal pain and suffering.”
It was also speculated that McCandless murdered Alex so he couldn’t get in the way of her rekindling her relationship with Jason.
On March 22nd, 2018, McCandless reported that she was running errands in Eau Claire when she met with Woodworth to discuss their relationship. Ezra showed up at the coffee place where Alex worked. She said she wanted to end their relationship properly, return some personal belongings and also had some new art to show him.
It was during this encounter that McCandless purportedly stabbed and killed Woodworth, with the defense arguing that he attempted to assault her.
Ezra McCandless was charged and found guilty in the death of her ex-boyfriend, 24-year-old Alex Woodworth. She will be behind bars until, at least, 2070. She was convicted of first-degree murder in November, with the possibility of a life sentence.
She will have her first chance for parole when she is 72 years old.
What are your thoughts on this case? What motive could Ezra have to commit such a heinous act of violence? Do you think she just couldn’t face the reality of her decisions?
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Jeffrey Dahmer, known as “the Milwaukee cannibal” was a serial killer who took the lives of 17 men and boys between 1978 and 1991.
This is another case that I’m sure we all know of by now, however it is from Wisconsin so I’ve included it in the list.
Over the course of more than 13 years, Dahmer sought out his victims, the majority of which were Black men, at gay bars, malls, and bus stops, lured them home with promises of money or sex, and gave them alcohol laced with drugs before strangling them to death, and doing unspeakable things to the corpses, before dismembering and disposing of them.
He would often keep body parts as souvenirs, and take photos of his victims at various stages of the murder process, so he could recollect each act and relive the experience afterward.
Dahmer was captured in 1991 and sentenced to 16 life sentences. He was killed by fellow prison inmate Christopher Scarver in 1994.
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