280: The Pandemic Defense

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Michelle Boat was livid. Her husband of more than 20 years, Nicholas Boat, wanted a divorce. Nicholas told Michelle that he’d found someone new – a woman named Tracy Mondabough. Michelle began stalking Tracy. She stalked Nicholas, too. She left Nicholas terrifying voicemails in which she threatened to kill Tracy. So, when Tracy was brutally murdered, investigators immediately had a top suspect.
And now for a note about our process. For this episode, Brandi copy and pasted from the best sources on the web. And sometimes Wikipedia. (No shade, Wikipedia. We love you.) We owe a huge debt of gratitude to the real experts who covered these cases.
In this episode, Brandi pulled from:
“Michelle Boat” episode Sleeping With A Killer
“Tracy Mondabough” chillingcrimes.com
“IA v. Boat (2021)” courttv.com
“Trial to begin for murder of Ottumwa woman” by Kyle Ocker, Ottumwa Courier
“Woman charged in Pella homicide the estranged wife of victim's boyfriend” by KCCI 8 News, kcci.com
“Defense attorney says Boat guilty of manslaughter, not murder” by Kyle Ocker, The Oskaloosa Herald
“Jury convicts Michelle Boat of first-degree murder after 45-minute deliberation” by Laura Terrell, KCCI 8 News
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