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Wisconsin resident Alex Woodworth was killed on March 22, 2018. He was stabbed multiple times resulting in his death. This infamous homicide is the subject of the upcoming episode of Snapped: Women Who Kill on Oxygen.
This case was contentious since the murderer initially claimed that she had to stab Alex Woodworth in self-defense after he attacked her. But after carefully assembling the entire crime scene, the police discovered that a love triangle purportedly caused Alex's death.
Two weeks after Alex Woodworth’s death, the killer was taken into custody and arrested. Follow along to learn more details about this case.
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Alex Woodworth, was 24 years old when he was found murdered on March 22, 2018. The killer had stabbed him in the groin, neck, torso, and head. In total, he was stabbed sixteen times.
A day after Alex was reported missing, his deceased body was found. Reportedly, the officers spotted footprints on the muddy ground and located his body, which was hanging out of the back of his ex-girlfriend Ezra McCandless’s car (a 2003 Chevrolet Impala.)
Who killed Alex Woodworth?
As per reports by CBS, Alex Woodworth was murdered by Monica Kay or Ezra J. McCandless, a Wisconsin resident, and Woodworth's ex-girlfriend. Two weeks after Alex was killed, his girlfriend Ezra McCandless was arrested and in 2019, she was charged with first-degree intentional homicide.
Initially, she did not plead guilty to the crime and kept recanting her statements in several interviews with the detectives. During the initial interrogations, she said that she did not remember what had happened and had no memory of it. Later, she changed her statement and said that the victim had attacked her and also carved 'Boy' in her hand with a knife.
However, later it was found that the wounds on Ezra McCandless were self-inflicted, which she confessed to later. Reportedly, McCandless was also linked to the murder weapon, a knife, which was given to her by her father.
In 2019, McCandless testified that she killed Woodworth in self-defense. As per her testimony, she did not want to be with the victim anymore and therefore he attacked her, after which she stabbed him in self-defense. However, the jury did not find this story convincing enough.
McCandless was previously dating Jason Mengel, a medic. However, she had an affair with Woodworth at the same time, and Jason ended their relationship after learning about the same. Allegedly, McCandless wanted to get back Jason and as per the prosecution, she killed Woodworth so he would not come in between the two lovers.
She was convicted of first-degree intentional homicide on November 1, 2019, and sentenced to life in prison with the possibility of parole after 50 years on February 7, 2020.
Snapped: Women Who Kill season 34 episode 18 on Oxygen, will highlight this case. The following episode is titled Ezra McCandless, and the synopsis for the same reads:
"A young woman seeks refuge at the home of a Wisconsin farmer, claiming she just escaped from a violent assault; when investigators arrive at the crime scene, they make a discovery that leads them to expose a deadly love triangle."
This episode of Snapped: Women Who Kill airs on Oxygen on November 10, 2024, at 6 pm ET.
